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• 1685 FP of Lully's opera Roland at Versailles.
• 1729 Handel and John James Heidegger are permitted to produce operas at the King's Theater by The Royal Academy in London.
• 1746 Death of Valeriano Pellegrini Castrato Born 1663 ? Verona Died 18 Jan 1746 Created Myrtillus in Pastor Fido (Handel) Thesius in Teseo (Handel) Nerone in Agrippina (Handel) Gheroldo in Tassilone (Steffani) Lepido in Silla (Handel) Sang in premiere of Fede Publica (Bononcini)
• 1765 Mozart dedicates his six sonatas for harpsichord and violin, op. 3, to Queen Charlotte.
• 1805 Birth of American composer Thomas COMMUCK. d-1855.
• 1806 Birth of Eduard Mantius Tenor Born 18 Jan 1806 Schwerin Died 4 July 1874 Debut as Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1830 Pupils :- Theodor Reichmann, Benno Stolzenberg, Antoine Mielke Created Slender in Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
• 1835 Birth of Russian composer Cesar CUI. d-26 MAR 1918.
• 1841 Birth of French composer Emmanuel CHABRIER in Ambert, Puy-de-Domes. d- Paris, 13 SEP 1894. Biography
  
• 1856 Birth of American composer John Hyatt BREWER. d-1931.
• 1861 Birth of American composer Huntington WOODMAN. d-1943.
• 1863 Birth of Marie Renard Mezzo-Soprano / Soprano Born 18 Jan 1863 Graz Died 19 Oct 1939 Teachers:- Louise Weinlich-Tipka, Rosa de Ruda Debut as Azucena in Trovatore (Verdi) 1882 Created Charlotte in Werther (Massenet) Frau Dot in Heimlich am Herd (Goldmark)
• 1871 FP of Giovanni Bottesini's opera Ali Baba in London.
• 1873 Birth of Alfred von Bary Tenor Born 18 Jan 1873 Valetta Malta Died 13 Sep 1926 Debut as Lohengrin in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1903 Teacher :- Richard Muller
• 1886 Death of Joseph Tichatschek Tenor Born 11 July 1807 Teplice Czech Died 18 Jan 1886 Teacher :- Giuseppe Ciccimarra Created Cola Rienzi in Rienzi (Wagner) Tannhauser in Tannhauser (Wagner)
• 1887 Birth of American composer William Franke HARLING. d-1958. Film Scores
• 1893 Birth of American composer John Laurence SEYMOUR. d-1986.
• 1902 Death of Italian composer Filippo Marchetti in Rome. b-Bologna, 26 FEB 1831. Director Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome.
• 1903 Birth of German born English composer and conductor Berthold GOLDSCHMIDT in Hamburg. d-London, 17 OCT 1996.
  
• 1904 Birth of American composer Anthony GALLA-RINI in Manchester, CT.
• 1908 FP of Frederick Delius' Brigg Fair in Liverpool.
  CD-Delius: Orchestral Works
• 1911 Birth of Hungarian composer Gábor DARVAS in Szatmárnémeti. d-Budapest, 18 FEB 1985.
• 1912 Death of Hermann Winkelmann Tenor Born 8 Mar 1849 Brunswick Died 18 Jan 1912 Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1875 Teacher :- Koch Created Parsifal in Parsifal (Wagner) Nero Claudius in Nero (Rubinstein)
• 1914 Birth of Marianne Schech Soprano Born 18 Jan 1914 Germany Died 22 July 1999 Debut as Marta in Tiefland (D'Albert) 1937 Pupils :- Carole Farley, Felicity Palmer, Doris Soffel Created Esprit du Ciel in Don Juan de Manera (Tomasi)
• 1915 Birth of Ruth Lange Mezzo-Soprano Born 18 Jan 1915 Rabenau Debut 1938 Teachers:- Waldemar Staegemann, Doris Winkler
• 1918 Death of Amalie Materna Soprano Born 10 July 1844 St Georges Styria Died 18 Jan 1918 Debut in Leichte Kavallerie (Von Suppe) 1865 Teacher :- Heinrich Proch Pupils :- Alexander Kirhner, Hermine Kittel, Oskar Lassner Created Kundry in Parsifal (Wagner) Brunnhilde in Siegfried (Wagner) Brunnhilde in Gotterdammerung (Wagner) Queen of Sheba in Queen of Sheba (Goldmark)
• 1919 Birth of Chilian composer Juan ORREGO-SALAS in Santiago.
• 1928 Birth of Belgian mezzo soprano Rita GORR.
  
• 1930 FP of D. Shostakovich's opera The Nose from Nikolai Gogo's work, at the Maliiy Opera Theater in Leningrad.
  CD-Shostakovich: Das Lied con den Wäldern; Die Nase
• 1933 Birth of Cornelius Fanatzeanu Tenor Born 18 Jan 1933 Cluj Debut 1945 Teacher :- Giorgio Favaretto
• 1942 FP of Jacque Ibert's Ouverture de fête in Paris.
• 1943 Death of Maria Michailova Soprano Born 3 Jun 1866 Kharkov Ukraine Died 18 Jan 1943 Debut as Queen in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 20 Apr 1892 Teachers:- Saint-Yves Bax, Selma Grening-Vilde, Sebastiano Ronconi Venanzio Rauzzini
• 1946 Birth of Italian soprano Katia RICCIARELLI in Rovigo. Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1969 Teacher :- Iris Adami Corradetti
• 1947 Birth of Irish pianist John O'CONOR. Telarc Artist
  
• 1947 FP of Elie Siegmeister's Prairie Legend. New York Philharmonic, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
• 1952 Birth of Paul Arden-Griffith Tenor Born 18 Jan 1952 Stockport Debut as Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten) 1973 Sang in premiere of We came to the River (Henze)
• 1953 Death of Mirko Stork Tenor Born 2 July 1880 Prague Died 18 Jan 1953 Debut as Grenicheux in Cloches de Cornville(Planquette) 22 Jun 1904 Sang in premiere of Adventures of Mr Broucek (Janacek) Jessica (Foerster J B) Karlstein (Novak)
• 1956 Birth of French composer and organist Thierry PALLESCO in Paris.
• 1956 Birth of German tenor Christoph PREGARDIEN in Limburg Debut as Wenzel in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 1984 Teachers:- Carla Castellanim, Martin Grubdler, Karlheinz Jarius
• 1957 Death of Fritz Wolff Tenor Born 28 Oct 1894 Munich Died 18 Jan 1957 Debut as Loge in Rheingold (Wagner) 1925 Teacher :- Heinrich Konig Sang in premiere in Singing Devil (Schreker)
• 1958 First broadcast of a TV series titled What Does Music Mean? with The New York Philharmonic, as part of their "Young People's Concerts", on CBS-TV. Each of the 53 programs was hosted by Leonard Bernstein, concluding in 1972.
• 1960 Birth of Russian composer Alla PENKINA in Pavlovo.
• 1962 A dinner at the White House honors Igor Stravinsky. Was hosted by President and Mrs. Kennedy.
• 1963 Birth of American composer Kenneth P. HOWARD.
• 1963 FP of Roy Harris' Symphony No. 9. Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.
• 1968 FP of Richard Rodney Bennett's Symphony No. 2 in NYC.
• 1974 FP of Alberto Ginestera's Serenata for cello, bass and chamber orchestra in NYC, at Alice Tully Hall.
  
• 1996 Death of Dutch composer Jos Kunst. b-Roermond, 3 JAN 1936.
• 2003 FP of Robert Kapilow's This New, Immense, Unbounded World. Louisiana Philharmonic, Kapilow, cond. in Baton Rouge, LA.

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