1903 Birth of American composer Irwin FISCHER. d-1977.
1908 Birth of Italian soprano Gabriella GATTI in Rome. Debut as Anna in Nabucco (Verdi) 1933. Teacher was Bice Soldini. Sang in FP of Descrito Tentanto (Casella).
1909 Birth of German soprano Sylvia GAEHWILLER in Zurich.
1918 Birth of American composer George ROCHBERG in Paterson, NJ. d-Philadelphia, PA 29 MAY 2005.
1919 Birth of Polish tenor Arrigo POLA in Emilia. d-3 NOV 1999. Debut in Tosca 1945. Pupils were Luciano Pavarotti, Riccardo Zanellato, Vincenzo La Scola, Michele Pertusi. Created Townsend Harris in Black Ships (Yamaka).
1921 FP of Giordano/Franchetti's "Giove a Pompei" Rome.
1924 Birth of German bass Oscar CZERWENKA in Lienz. d-Vienna, 1 JUN 2000. A painter,
before he
studied voice. Début Graz [Hermit] Freischutz (1947); Vienna
[Ludovico]
Otello (1951); and remained there until (1986). Sang sixty roles. Debut as Hermit in Freischutz (Weber) 1947. Teachers were Otto Iro, Wilhelm Felden
Created Jacobowsky in Jacobowsky und der Oberst (Klebe). Veitlinger in Werbekleid (Salmhofer). Examining Judge / Thrasher in Prozess (Von Einem). Sang in FP of Irische Legend (Egk).
1924 Birth of Hungarian-American cellist Janos STARKER in Budapest.
1924 FP of Ralph Vaughan-Williams' "Hugh the drover, or love in the stocks" London.
1926 Birth of American composer and teacher Kenneth GABURO, in Somerville, NJ.
1931 FP of Ralph Vaughan Williams' ballet Job, A Masque for Dancing in London.
1934 Birth of Finnish baritone Tom KRAUSE in Helsinki. Debut as Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet) 1959. Teacher was Arutjun Kotchinian. Created Bernard in St Francoise D'Assisse (Messiaen). Sang in FP of Zerrissene (Von Einem).
1937 Death of baritone Baptist Hoffmann. b-Garitz, 9 JUL 1864. Debut as Huntsman in Nachtlager von Granada (Kreutzer). Teachers were Julius Stockhausen, Frau Weinlich-Tripka. Pupil was Paul Bender. Created Emil Duval in Heirat Wider Willen (Humperdinck). Rathhenow in Roland von Berlin (Leoncavallo).
1940 Birth of Australian baritone Donald SHANKS in Brisbane. Created Maestro in Eighth Wonder (John).
1941 Polish statesman and musician, Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), was laid to rest temporarily within the U.S. Marine Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. Remained there until 1992, when his body was returned to Poland.
1942 Birth of Swiss conductor and oboist Matthias BAMERT in Ersigen.
1943 Birth of Italian bass-baritone Angelo Mario Giulio GOBBATO in Milan. Debut as Kecal in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 1965. Teachers were Albina Bini, Adelheid Armhold, Frederick Dalberg, Carlo Tagliabue, Anna Pistolesi.
1949 Birth of composer Alain Pierre PRADEL in Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe.
1950 FP of Peter Racine Fricker's Symphony No. 1 in Cheltenham, England.
1952 Birth of American electronic music composer Michael McNABB.
1952 Birth of American soprano Kristine CIESINSKI in Wilmington, DE. Sister of mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski. Debut as Countess in Capriccio (Strauss) 1976.
1956 Birth of American composer Michael Gandolfi in Melrose, MA.
1958 Birth of English conductor Paul DANIEL in Handsworth Wood. The music
director of English National Opera.
1961 Birth of French soprano Isabelle POULENARD in Paris. Debut as Lisetta in Re Teodoro (Paisiello) 1981. Created Cecilia in Femme et le Pantin (Matter).
1961 Death of Austrian pianist Wilhelm Backhaus, in
Villach, Austria.
1965 Opera diva Maria Callas gives her last stage performance,
singing Puccini's opera Tosca at Covent Garden.
1970 Birth of American composer Adam GREENE in Chicago, IL. Studied at Connecticut College. Won NACUSA Young Composer's Competition in 1994.
1982 Death of American tenor Frederick Jagel. b-Brooklyn, NY 10 JUN 1897. Debut as Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini) 1924. Teachers were William Brady, Portanova, Castaldi. Pupils were Justino Diaz, Margaret Yauger.
1989 Death of Spanish composer Escriche Ernesto Halffter in Madrid. b-Madrid, 16 JAN 1905. Uncle of Cristóbal Halffter.
1990 FP of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Clarinet Quintet. David Shifrin soloist at a Chamber Music Northwest concert in Portland, OR.
1992 (4th?) Death of Argentinian bandoneonist and composer Astor Piazzola in Paris. b-Buenos Aires, 11 MAR 1921.
1996 FP of Stephen Paulus' Partita Appassionata for violin and piano, with William Preucil and Arthur Rowe, at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Seattle WA.
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