1834 Birth of Marie Sass Soprano
Born 26 Jan 1834 Ghent Died 8 Nov 1907
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1852
Teachers:- Francois Geveart, Lamperti, Delphine Ugaldo'
Pupils :- Rose Caron, Meyriane Heglon
Created Bacchante in Philemon et Baucis (Gounod)
Selika in Africaine (Meyerbeer)
Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos (Verdi)
1844 Birth of English composer and organist Albert Lister PEACE. d-Liverpool, 14 MAR 1912.
1881 Birth of Forrest Lamont Tenor
Born 26 Jan 1881 Athelon Canada Died 17 Dec 1937
Debut in Poliuto (Donizetti) 1914
Pupil :- Kenneth Schon
Created Xalca in Azora (Hadley)
Sang in premiere of A Daughter of the Forest (Nevins A)
1882 (GC, JC=7 FEB) FP of A. Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D, in St. Petersburg.
1852 Birth of English composer Frederick CORDER in London. d-London, 21 AUG 1932.
1860 Death of Wilhelmine Schroder-Devrient Soprano
Born 6 Dec 1804 Hamburg Died 26 Jan 1860
Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1821
Teachers:- Giuseppe Mazatti, Miksch, Radichi, Sophie Schroder
Created Senta in Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
Adriano in Rienzi (Wagner)
Venus in Tannhauser (Wagner)
Sang in premiere of Jessonda (Spohr)
1889 Birth of German composer Rudolf MAUERSBERGER. d-Dresden, Germany 22 FEB 1971.
1891 Death of Rita Gabussi De Bassini Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1815 Bologna Died 26 Jan 1891
Debut as Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 18309
Created Medea in Medea (Mercadante)
1901 Birth of composer Ervin MAJOR.
1901 Birth of Theo Hermann Bass-Baritone
Born 26 Jan 1901 Vienna Died 18 Feb 1977
Debut as Mephistopheles in Faust (Gounod) 1922
Pupil :- Geraint Evans
1905 Birth of Jara Pospisil Tenor
Born 26 Jan 1905 Jihlova
Teacher :- Eugen Fuchs
1905 FP of Arnold Schoenberg's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande in Vienna. Composer conducting.
1908 (GC, JC=8 FEB) FP of Sergi Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in St. Petersburg. Composer conducting.
1908 Birth of French jazz/classical violinist Stephane GRAPPELLI. d-Paris, 1997.
1910 Birth of composer Marijan LIPOVSEK in Slovenia. b-Ljubljana, 1995.
1911 Birth of German composer Norbert SCHULTZE in in Braunschweig.
1911 FP of Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier, at the
Dresden
Opera, Hofoper.
1916 Birth of composer Lothar JENSCH.
1919 Birth of Frances Bible Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 Jan 1919 Sacketts Harbor N Y
Debut as Shepherd in Tosca (Puccini) 1948
Teachers:- Queena Mario, Belle Julie Sondaut
Created Augusta Tabor in Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
Elizabeth Proctor in Crucible (Ward)
Mango Vendor / 2nd Servant in Troubled Island (Still)
Frade in Dybbuk (Tamkin)
1920 FP of S. Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes. Zimro Ensemble, with the composer at the piano in NYC.
1921 Birth of composer Frantisek CHAUN. d-1981.
1921 Birth of composer Johannes DRIESSLER.
1922 FP of Ralph Vaughan Williams Pastoral Sym. No. 3, The Royal P. O., London, Sir Adrian Boult conducting.
1924 Birth of American composer Warren Frank BENSON in Detroit, MI. Taught at Eastman School. d-26 NOV 2005.
1924 Birth of Heinz Hoppe Tenor
Born 26 Jan 1924 Munster
Debut as Xerxes in Xerxes (Handel) 1953
Teacher :- Fred Husler
Created Hohenzdlern in Prinz von Homburg (Henze)
Sang in premiere Grune Kakadu (Mohaupt)
1924 FP of Alexander Tcherepnin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in Paris.
1926 Birth of Abe Polakov Baritone
Born 26 Jan 1926 Bucharest
Debut as Di Luna in Trovatore (Verdi) 1961
Teacher :- Nora Bosler
Sang in premier of Die Errettung Thebens (Kelterborn)
1934 Birth of Ottavio Garaventa Tenor
Born 26 Jan 1934 Genoa
Debut as Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1954
Teachers:- Vladimiro Badiali, Rosette Noli
Created Tancredi in Gattopardo (Musco)
1934 Birth of Dutch composer Ton BRUYNEL in Utrecht. d-Mailly, France, 5 MAY 1998.
1934 FP of Roy Harris's Sym. No. 1. Boston S.O., S. Koussevitzky.
1945 Birth in Oxford England of cellist Jacqueline DUPRE. Diagnosed with
MS in 1970. Married to pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. She
stopped playing professionally in 1973. d-London, 19 OCT 1987. Other links
1947 Death of Grace Moore Soprano
Born 5 Dec 1898 Jellicoe Tennessee Died 26 Jan 1947
Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 7 Feb 1928
Teachers:- Richard Barthelmy, Mary Garden, Mario Marafioti, Ettore Verna
Angelo Trabadello
1948 Death of Polish composer and organist Ignaz Friedmann in Sydney. b-Podgorze, Poland 14 FEB 1882.
1948 Birth of Russian-Israeli violinist Boris BELKIN
1948 Death of Polish pianist and composer Ignaz Friedman in Sydney. b-14
FEB 1882, Cracow.
1952 FP of Ernst von Dohnányi's Violin Concerto No. 2, in San Antonio, TX.
1951 Birth of American electronic composer Jerry GERBER.
1957 FP of Francis Poulenc's opera The Dialogs of the
Carmelites, in Milan at La Scala. Nino Sanzogno conducting.
1957 FP of the concert orchestration of Leonard Bernstein's Candide Overture. New York Philharmonic conducted by Bernstein after the musical had opened at the Martin Beck Theater on December 1, 1956 in NYC.
1962 FP of David Diamond's Symphony No. 7. Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.
1966 FP of Dominick Argento's Variations for Orchestra and Soprano The Masque of Night. Minneapolis Civic Orchestra, Thomas Nee conducting, with soprano Carolyn Bailey at the St. Paul Campus Student Center of the University of Minnesota.
1967 FP of Frank Martin's Cello Concerto, in Basel, Switzerland.
1974 Death of Austrian tenor Julius Patzak in Bavaria, Germany. b-Vienna, 9 APR 1898. Debut as Radames in Aida (Verdi) 3 Apl 1926
Pupils :- Norman Bailey, Ernst Haefliger, Herbert Handt
Created Camille Desmoulins in Danton's Tod (Von Einem)
Young Cavalier in Herz (Pfitzner)
Private in Friedenstag (Strauss)
Newsvendor / Death in Passe Kontrolle (Angerer)
Sang in premiere of Der Mond (Orff)
1975 Death of Toti Dal Monte Soprano
Born 27 June 1893 Venice Died 26 Jan 1975
Debut as Biancofiore in Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai) 1916
Teachers:- Barbara Marchisio, Antonio Pini-Corsi
Pupils :- Gianna D'Angelo, Wilma Lipp, Halina Lukomska, Dodi Protero
Marilyn Tyler, Irma Capecc, Dolores Wilson, Franco Ventriglia
Sylvia Stahlman
Created Rosalinda in Re (Giordano)
1985 Death of Mario Petri Bass
Born 21 Jan 1922 Perugia Died 26 Jan 1985
Debut as Creon in Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky)
Created Agamemnon in Clitennestra (Pizzetti)
1993 Death of American electronic music composer and teacher Kenneth Gaburo, in Iowa City, IO. b-1926.
1994 Death of Tiana Lemnitz Soprano
Born 26 Oct 1897 Metz Died 26 Jan 1994
Debut as Undine in Undine (Lortzing) 13 Mar 1921
Teachers:- Antoni Kohmann, Ernest St John Metz
Sang in premiere of Prinz von Homburg (Graener)
1994 FP of Christopher Rouse's Cello Concerto. Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by David Zinman, with Yo-Yo Ma, cellist.
1995 FP of Joan Towers Duets for Orchestra. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Perick conducting.
2001 Death of Keith Latham Baritone
Born 27 Jan 1954 Burnley Lancs Died 26 Jan 2001
Debut as Titon in Undine (Lortzing) 1984
Teacher :- Patrick McGuigan
2003 Death of American pianist John Browning of heart failure at his home in Wisconsin. b-Denver, 22 MAY 1933. ~ age 69. NY Times, obit
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