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• 1512 Birth of Spanish composer, choral director and vocalist Christobal MORALES in Seville. d-Malaga, 14 JUN 1553.
• 1678 Opening of the Gaensemarkt Theater, Hamburg's first opera house.
• 1726 Death of Italian composer Domenico Zipoli in Córdoba, Argentina. b-Prato, 16 OCT 1688.
• 1732 Birth of Bohemian composer of church music and organist Franz Xaver BRIXI in Prague. d- 14 OCT 1771. aka Frantisek Xaver BRIXI.
• 1747 Death of French composer, violinist and conductor Jean-Fery Rebel in Paris. b-Paris 18 APR 1666.
• 1753 Death of Marie Maddalena Pieri Contralto Born 1683 ? Florence Died 2 Jan 1753 Created Tamerlano in Tamerlano (Vivaldi) Sang in premiere of Carceriere de se Stesso (Orlandini) Bajazate (Leo) Artaserse (Hasse)
• 1780 (1 JAN?) Death of German composer Johann Ludwig Krebs, in Altenburg. b-Weimer, 1713.
• 1825 Opening of the Munich Opera House.
  
• 1837 (Julian Calendar, 31 DEC) Birth of Russian composer Mili BALAKIREV in Nizhny-Novgorod. d-St. Petersburg, 29 MAY 1910.
  
• 1843 FP of Wagner's Flying Dutchman opera, in Dresden.
  CD-Flying Dutchman-Complete Opera
• 1856 Birth of Alma Fohstrom Soprano Born 2 Jan 1856 Helsinki Finland Died 20 Feb 1936 Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1878 Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Francesco Lamperti, Henriette Nissen-Salomon
• 1888 Birth of Tito Schipa Tenor Born 2 Jan 1888 Lecce Died 16 Dec 1965 Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1910 Teachers:- Alceste Gerunda, Emilio Piccola Pupils :- Andrej Kucharsky, Cesare Valletti, Bruce Brewer Created Ruggero in Rondine (Puccini) Sang in premiere of Caminante (Sanchez De Fuentes)
• 1884 Death of Marietta Gazzaniga Soprano Born 1824 Voghera Died 2 Jan 1884 Debut as Jane Seymour in Anna Bolena (Donizetti) 1840 Teachers:- Cetta, Alberto Mazzucato Created Climene in Cid (Pacini) Lina in Stiffelio (Verdi)
• 1889 Birth of Italian tenor Tito SCHIPA. d-1965.
  BOOK-Tito Schipa: A Biography (Great Voices, No 3)
• 1890 Death of Julian Gayarre Tenor Born 9 Jan 1844 Valle de Roncal Died 2 Jan 1890 Teachers:- Lamperti, Melchiorre Vidal Created Enzo in Gioconda (Ponchielli) Marcello di Bruges in Duca D'Alba (Donizetti)
• 1891 Death of French composer Alexis Roland-Manuel in Paris. b-Paris, 22 MAR 1891.
• 1894 Birth of Polish American conductor Arthur RODZINSKI.
• 1895 Birth of Marie Hlouskova Mezzo-Soprano Born 2 Jan 1895 Caslav Died 29 June 1940 Debut Veruna in V Studni (Blodek) Teacher :- Egon Fuchs, M Nedbal Pupils :- Ruzena Horakova, Josef Valka
• 1901 Birth of Torsten Ralf Tenor Born 2 Jan 1901 Malmo Sweden Died 27 April 1954 Debut as Cavaradossi 1924 Teachers:- Hertha Dehmlow, John Forsell, Hjaldis Ingebjart Created Apollo in Daphne (Strauss) Sang in premiere of Zauberinsel (Sutermeister)
• 1904 James Melton Tenor Born 2 Jan 1904 Moultrie Ga. Died 24 April 1961 Debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly 1938 Teachers:- Gaetano De Luca, Enrico Rosati, Michael Raucheisen
• 1904 Lea Piltti Soprano Born 2 Jan 1904 Finland Died February 1982 Debut as Lakme in Lakme (Delibes) 1926 Teachers:- Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi, Olga Eisner Pupils :- Seppo Juhani Ruohonen, Anita Valkki, Usko Viitanen
• 1905 Birth of British composer Michael TIPPETT in London. d-London, 9 JAN 1998.
  BOOK-The Music and Thought of Michael Tippett: Modern Times and Metaphysics
• 1907 Birth of Todor Mazaroff Tenor Born 2 Jan 1907 Vienna Died 13 Sep 1975 Debut as Messenger in Prince Igor (Borodin) 1935
• 1912 Birth of Antonio Cassinelli Bass Born 2 Jan 1912 Noceto Parma Died 29 June 1993 Debut as Landgraf in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1937 Pupil :- Maria Chiara Sang in premiere of Assassinio nella Cattedrale (Pizzetti) Madame Bovary (Pannain) Burlesca (Veretti) Misteri Gloriosi (Cattozzo)
• 1912 Birth of Canadian composer Barbara PENTLAND in Winnipeg. d-5 FEB 2000.
• 1913 Birth of American composer Gardner READ in Evanston, IL.
  
• 1913 Birth of American organist and composer Robert Hall ELMORE. d-1985.
• 1915 Death of Austro-Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark, in Vienna. b-Keszthely, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 18 MAY 1830.
• 1925 Birth of Irina Arkhipova Mezzo-Soprano Born 2 Jan 1925 Moscow Debut 1954 Teachers:- Nadejda Malisheva, Leonid Savransky Pupils :- Kristine Zadovska, Sonia Aksenova
• 1928 Birth of Italian conductor Alberto ZEDDA.
• 1930 Death of Therese Malten Soprano Born 21 June 1855 Intersburg Died 2 Jan 1930 Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote in 1873 Teacher :- Gustav Engel, R Kale
• 1936 FP of Morton Gould'sChorale and Fugue in Jazz. Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
• 1944 Birth of Hungarian composer and conductor Peter EOTVOS.
• 1945 Birth of English clarinetist Janet HILTON.
• 1947 Death of Ellen Gulbranson Soprano Born 4 Mar 1863 Stockholm Died 2 Jan 1947 Debut as Aida in Aida (Verdi) 1889 Teachers:- Julius Gunther, Ellena Kenneth, Mathilde Marchesi, Blanche Marchesi Pupil :- Eida Norena
• 1950 Birth of Taro Ichiara Tenor Born 2 Jan 1950 Teacher:- Luciano Pavarotti
• 1951 Birth of German composer Volker BLUMENTHALER in Nuremburg.
• 1954 Birth of American composer Bill MOLENHOF.
• 1954 Birth of American composer John LINK.
• 1955 American debut of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in Washington, D.C.
• 1958 Birth of Russian pianist Vladimir OVCHINNIKOV.
  
• 1959 FP of Mili Balakirev's Overture on Russian Songs in Moscow.
• 1960 Death of Leila Megane Mezzo-Soprano Born 1890 Died 2 Jan 1960 Teacher :- Jean de Reszke
• 1963 Birth of American pianist Tzimon BARTO. Management Biography.
  
• 1993 Death of American violinist, conductor, and composer Karl Ahrendt in Athens, OH. b-Toledo, OH 3 MAR 1904. Director of the Ohio University School of Music, Athens, 1950-1967.
• 1997 Death of Federico Davia Bass Born 7 July 1933 Genoa Died 2 Jan 1997 Debut as Colline in Boheme (Puccini) 1959 Teachers:- Piero Magenta, Tristano Illersberg Sang in premiere of Al Gran sole carico d'amore (Nono) Orfeo A.D MCMXLVII (Ramous) Alfabeto A Sopresa (Mortari)
• 1999 Death of Swiss composer Rolf Liebermann in Paris. b-Zürich, 14 SEP 1910. Timeline
• 2000 FP of Bright Sheng's Naking, Naking in Hamburg. North German Radio Symphony, under Christoph Eschenbach. Also...
• 2000 FP of Christopher Rouse's Concert de Guadi for guitar and orchestra, guitarist Sharon Isbin.

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