1473 Death of German blind organist-composer Conrad Paumann. b-c.1410.
1639 FP of Cavalli's opera Le Nozze di Teti e Peleo 'The Marriage of Thetis and Peleus' at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice.
1666 Death of German composer Johann Andreas Herbst, at age 77.
1705 Birth of Italian soprano-castrato Carlo FARINELLI in Andria, Apulia. Brother of Riccardo.
d-Bologna, 16 Sep 1782
Debut in Angelica e Medoro (Porpora) 1720
Teachers:- Antonio Mario Bernacchi, Nicola Porpora
Created Arbace in Artaserse (Hasse)
Arbace in Catone in Utica (Leo)
Mirteo in Semiramide Riconosciuto (Porpora)
Sang in premiere of Adelaide (Porpora). Was aka Carlo Broschi, see 1994 film DVD-Farinelli.
1712 Birth of Prussian Crown Prince Frederick aka Frederick the Great, composer and statesman, King of Prussia. b-Berlin. d-Pottsdam, 17 AUG 1786.
1758 Birth of Austrian composer Johann Chrysostomus DREXEL in Epfenhausen
bei Landsberg. d-Augsburg, 9 FEB 1801.
1760 Death of Lavinia Fenton Soprano
Born 1708 Died 24 Jan 1760
Created Polly Peachum in Beggar's Opera (Pepusch)
1883 Death of German composer Baron Friedrich von Flotow, at age 70, in Darmstadt. b-Toitendorf, 27 APR 1812.
1884 Death of German composer Johann Christian Gebauer, at 75.
1885 Birth of Grigory Pirogov Bass
Born 24 Jan 1885 Novoselki Ryazan Died 20 Feb 1931
Debut 1908
Teachers:- Donsky, Medvedyev
1885 (JC=12 JAN)FP of P. I. Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 3, in St. Petersburg.
1891 Birth of Jaro Dworsky Tenor
Born 24 Jan 1891 Konigsberg
Debut 1921
Teachers:- Oscar Daniel, Jaroslav Dworsky (father), Ernst Grenzebach
1901 Death of composer and conductor Simon Hassler, at 68. b-1832. Hassler family of Philadelphia, PA.
1904 Death of German composer Franz Coenen, at 77.
1905 Birth of Elena Nicolai Mezzo-Soprano
Born 24 Jan 1905 Cerevo Bulgaria Died 24 Oct 1993
Debut as Maddalena in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1932
Teacher :- Pintorno, Ivan Vulpe
Sang in premiere of Ifigenia (Pizzetti)
Figlia di Jorio (Pizzetti)
1906 (JC=11 JAN) FP of S. Rachmaninoff's two one-act operas The Miserly Knight and Francesca da Rimini at the Bolshoi Theater, in Moscow.
1925 Birth of John Ferrante Counter Tenor
Born 24 Jan 1925 Hartford Connecticut
Teachers:- Lois Albright, Rhea Massicotte.
1926 Debut of conductor Otto Klemperer in U.S. conducting the New York Symphonic Society Orchestra.
1925 Birth of American ballerina Maria (Betty Marie) Tallchief. Danced with
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, New York City Ballet; founded ballet
school in 1974 which became Chicago City Ballet in 1980. Was married to
choreographer George Balanchine.
1930 Death of Mario Sammarco Baritone
Born 13 Dec 1868 Palermo Died 24 Jan 1930
Debut as Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1888
Teachers:- Antonio Cantelli, Franz Emmerich
Pupils :- Imre Pallo, Paul Schoeffler, Alexander Sved, Giovanni Inghilleri
Created Gerard in Andrea Chenier (Giordano)
Carlo Worms in Germania (Franchetti)
Juan Alvardo in Natoma(Herbert)
Cascart in Zaza (Leoncavallo)
Gaos in Vita Brettone (Mugnone)
Sang in premiere of Dispettosi Amanti (Parelli)
1931 Birth of Danish organist and composer Ib NORHOLM in Copenhagen.
1932 Birth of German composer Werner STEGER.
1936 Birth of American clarinetist and composer Daniel GOODE in NYC.
1940 Death of American composer Charles Whitney Coombs in Orange, NJ. b-Bucksport, Maine 25 DEC 1859.
1940 Death of Emiel Van Bosch Baritone
Born 10 Jan 1886 Boom Belgium Died 24 Jan 1940
Teacher :- Henri Fontaine
1946 FP of Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, by the New York Philharmonic.
1960 Death of composer Rutland Boughton, at age 82, in London. b-Aylesbury, 23 JAN 1878.
1965 Death of Elvira Casazza Mezzo-Soprano
Born 15 Nov 1887 Ferrara Died 24 Jan 1965
Debut 1911
Teacher :- Fernando Ferrara
Created Debora in Debora e Jaele (Pizzetti)
Commander in Cavalieri di Ekuba (Zandonai)
Sang in premiere of Diavolo nel Campanile (Lualdi)
Uomo che ride (Pedrollo)
1981 FP of John Harbison's Violin Concerto, soloist Rose Mary Harbison and the Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra, Craig Smith conducting at Emmanuel Church in Boston.
1982 Death of Bjarne Buntz Tenor
Born 2 Sep1901 Bergen Died 24 Jan 1982
Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1933
Sang in premiere of Cymbelin (Eggen L)
1986 Death of Kenneth Schon Bass-Baritone
Born 1909 Esdale Wisconsin Died 24 Jan 1986
Debut as Tomsky in Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky) 1909
Teachers:- Gertrude Hull, Forrest Lamont, Estelle Liebling, Richard Lert
Created Jupiter in Olympians (Bliss)
1991 FP of George Perle's Piano Concerto No. 1, with San Francisco Symphony conducted by David Zinman, with pianist Richard Goode.
2004 FP of Jeffery Cotton's Symphony for Strings. Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra also performing two Mozart piano concertos, with William Wolfram as soloist, in Jordan Hall, Boston, MA.
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