1700 Birth of French flutist and composerv Michel BLAVET in Besançon. d-
13 MAR 1768.
1702 Birth of harpsichord craftsman Burkat SHUDI in Switzerland. In 1718, at age 16, he went to London where his family were craftsmen in wood. He became an apprentice in the Soho harpsichord workshop of Hermann Tabel. In 1728 he started his own workshop that became the
Broadwood piano company founded in London, 1742. d-London, 19 AUG 1773. See Photo of piano.
1744 FP of G. F. Handel's oratorio Joseph and his Brethren.
1756 Death of Antonio Maria Bernacchi Castrato / Teacher of Singing
Born 23 June 1685 Bologna Died 13 Mar 1756
Debut 1703
Teachers:- Francesco Antonio Pistocchi,
Pupils :- Amadori, Giovanni Carestini, Farinelli, Tommaso Guarducci
Giovanni Battista Mancini, Anton Raaff, Vincenzo Righini,
Senesino, Domenico Panzacchi
Created Crispus in Crispo (Bononcini)
Lotario in Lotario (Handel)
Arsace in Partenope (Handel)
Alceste in Demetrio (Hasse)
Alceste in Demetrio (Schiassi)
Sang in premiere of Griselda (A Scarlatti)
1813 Birth of Carlo Guasco Tenor
Born 13 Mar 1813 Solero Alessandria Died 13 Dec 1876
Debut as Fisherman in William Tell (Rossini) 1836
Pupil :- Giovanni De Negri
Created Ernani in Ernani (Verdi)
Orontes in Lombardi (Verdi)
Foresto in Attila (Verdi)
Riccardo Chalais in Maria di Rohan (Donizetti)
Sang in premiere of Corrado D'Altambura (Ricci F)
Vallombra (Ricci F)
Ermengardia (Sanelli)
Sposa D'Abido (Poniatowski)
Malek Adel (Poniatowski)
1868 Birth of Thila Plaichinger Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1868 Vienna Died 17 Mar 1939
Debut 1893
Teachers:- Louise Dustmann, Joseph Gansbacher, Frau Mampe-Babbnigg
1870 Birth of Karel Komarov Baritone
Born 13 Mar 1870 Jicin Died 2 Feb 1928
Teacher :- Pivoda
1884 Death of Valentina Bianchi Soprano
Born 1839 Wilna Died 13 Mar 1884
Debut 1855
Teacher :- L Revial
Created Judith in Judith (Serov)
1889 Death of Enrico Tamberlik Tenor
Born 16 Mar 1820 Rome Died 13 Mar 1889
Debut as Arnold in William Tell (Rossini) 1837
Teachers:- Borgna, De Abella, Giacomo Guglielmi, Zirilli
Pupils :- Francesco Marconi, Francesco Signorini, Fernando Valero
Felice Kaschowska
Created Alvaro in Forza del Destino (Verdi)
Czar in Pietro il Grande (Jullien)
Cuauhtemoc in Guatimotzin (Ortego Del Villar)
Sang in premiere of Ledia (Zubiaurre)
Hija de Jefte (Chapi)
Anna la Prie (Battista)
1889 Death of Felice Varesi Baritone
Born 1813 Calais Died 13 Mar 1889
Debut in Furioso (Donizetti) 1834
Created Antonio Loustolot in Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti)
Rigoletto in Rigoletto (Verdi)
Allan Cameron in Allan Cameron (Pacini)
Sang in premiere of Corrado D'Altamura (Ricci F)
1890 Birth of German conductor Fritz BUSCH, older brother of
violinist Adolph. d-London, 14 SEP 1951.
1892 Birth of English pianist Alec ROWLEY. d-Weybridge 11 JAN 1958.
1894 Conducting debut of Bruno Walter at Cologne Opera.
1897 Birth of Maria Nemeth Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1897 Kormend Hungary Died 28 Dec 1967
Debut as Sulamith in Queen of Sheba (Goldmark) 1923
Teachers:- Gyorgy Anthes, Fernando De Lucia, Felicie Kaschovska
Geza Laszlo, Giannina Russ, Laura Hilgermann
1902 Birth of Petre Stefanescu-Goanga Baritone / Teacher of Singing
Born 13 Mar 1902 Braila Died 5 Sep 1973
Debut as Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1927
Teacher :- Felia Litvinne
Pupils :- Michaela Botez, Iulia Buciuceanu, Elena Dima, Ion Stoian
Gheorghe Emil Crasnaru, Nicolae Florei, George Lambrache
1913 Birth of Libero De Luca Tenor
Born 13 Mar 1913 Solothurn Switzerland
Debut 1942
Teacher :- Alfredo Cairati, Max Kraus
Sang in premiere of Der Unsterbliche Kranke (Huig)
Die Schwarze Spinne (Burkhard)
1915 Debut of pianist Percy Grainger with N.Y. Philharmonic, playing Grieg
Piano Concerto.
1925 Birth of British soprano Jennifer VYVYAN in Broadstairs Died 28 Mar 1974
Debut as Jenny Diver in Beggar's Opera (Pepusch) 1947
Teachers:- Fernando Carpi, Maria Carpi, Roy Henderson
Created Penelope in Gloriana (Britten)
Tytania in Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Governess in Turn of Screw (Britten)
Mrs Julian in Owen Wingrave (Britten)
Matilde in Violins of St Jacques (Williamson)
Matron in Sleeping Children (Easdale)
Sang in premiere of Lucky Peter's Journey (Williamson)
1929 Birth of Rosalind Elias Mezzo-Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1929 Lowell Mass
Debut 1948
Teachers:- Nazzareno De Angelis, Daniel Ferro, Luigi Ricci, Hans Heinz
Created Erika in Vanessa (Barber)
Charmain in Antony & Cleopatra (Barber)
Sang in premiere of Thief and the Hangman (Ellstein)
1932 Birth of Francisco Lazaro Tenor
Born 13 Mar 1932 Barcelona
Teacher :- Galli Markoff
Debut as Gasparo in Favorita (Donizetti) 1960
1932 Birth of William Murray Baritone
Born 13 Mar 1932 Schenectady NY
Debut as Count Gil in Susanna's Secret (Wolf-Ferrari) 1957
Teachers:- Karin Branzell, Luigi Ricci, S Bertelli, Herta Kalcher
Created Sim in Sim Tjong (Yun Isang)
Sang in premiere of Love's Labour Lost (Nabokov)
Oedipus (Rihms)
1933 Birth of Dodi Protero Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1933 Toronto
Debut as Boy in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1956
Teachers:- Toti Dal Monte, Lorenz Fehenberger, James Rosselino
Ferdinand Grossmann
Pupil :- Patrice Michaels Bedi
1939 Death of Caecilie Rusche-Endorf Soprano
Born 8 Apr 1873 Dortmund Died 13 Mar 1939
Debut as Agathe in Freischutz (Weber) 1894
Teacher :- Alberto Selva
1942 Birth of Makwala Kasrashvili Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1942 Kutaisi Georgia
Debut as Countess in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1968
Teacher :- Frau Davidova, Zurab Andzhaparidze
1947 FP of Olivier Messiaen's Hymne for orchestra. New York Philharmonic, under Leopold Stokowski.
1949 Birth of Puerto-Rican American soprano Julia MIGENES (Johnson) in
NYC. Debut as Annina in Saint of Bleeker Street (Menotti)
Teacher :- Gisela Ultman
Created Toinette in Eingelbildete Kranke (Wolpert)
1958 Death of Maria Muller Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1898 Theresienstadt Died 13 Mar 1958
Debut as Elsa in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1919
Teachers:- Max Altglass, Erik Schmedes
1962 Death of Edouard Rouard Baritone
Born 22 Nov 1876 Nice Died 13 Mar 1962
Debut 1900
Teacher :- Auguste-Acanthe Bourouresque
Pupils :- Freda Betti, Albert Voli
Created Alaouddin in Padmavati (Roussel)
King of Gold in Legende de St Christophe (D'Indy)
Cheyboub in Antar (Dupont)
Petrucchio in Megere Apprivoisee (Le Rey)
Baron Pons in Nerto (Widor / Mistral)
Amaury-Gancion in Fille de Roland (Rabaud)
Eusebe in Jardin du Paradis (Bruneau)
Kadour in Naila (Gaubert)
Pan in Dieux sont Morts (Tournemire)
Sang in premiere of Sept Chansons (Malipiero)
Virginie (Bruneau)
1964 FP of Ernst Toch's Symphony No. 5 Jeptha, in Boston.
1967 Birth of Ilona Rasa Mezzo-Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1967
Teacher :- I Tinkuse
1970 George Crumb finishes Black Angels for electric string quartet, percussion and water-tuned musical glasses. Manuscript indicates finished on Friday the Thirteenth, March 1970 in tempore belli (in time of war).
[Click on or link to hear an audio clip.] Black Angels
1976 FP of Milton Babbitt's Concerti for Violin, Small Orchestra and Tape, in NYC.
1981 Death of Margherita Salvi Soprano
Born 26 May 1897 Madrid Died 13 Mar 1981
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 7 Mar 1925
Teachers:- Avelina Carrera, Torati
Pupils :- Aleksander Brandt, Laura Didier
1987 Death of English pianist Gerald Moore at 87. b-1899. Was accompanist to Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Kathleen Ferrier, Heddle Nash, and others. See Photo.
1992 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' Strathclyde Concerto No. 5 for violin, viola and strings. Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer, with James Clarke and Catherine Marwood at Glasgow's City Hall.
1998 FP of Mark Adamo's opera Little Women. Houston Opera Christopher Larkin conducting.
2002 Death of Jacques Jansen Baritone
Born 22 Nov 1913 Paris Died 13 Mar 2002
Debut as Pelleas in Pelleas & Melisande (Debussy) 20 Apr 1941
Teachers:- Louis Jouvet, Charles Panzera, Claire Croiza,
Raymond Rouleau
Sang in premiere of La Princesse de Cleves (Francaix)
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