1837 Birth of German baritone Georg UNGAR in Leipzig. He originated the role of
Siegfried (1876) at Bayreuth. d- 2 Feb 1887
Debut 1867
Teacher :- Julius Hey
Created Siegfried in Siegfried (Wagner)
Siegfried in Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
1844 Rimsky-Korsakov completes Flight of the Bumblebee.
1854 Birth of Heinrich Botel Tenor
Born 6 Mar 1854 Hamburg Died 6 Jan 1938
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1883
Teachers:- Franz Krukl, Zumpe
1870 Birth of Austrian composer, pianist and conductor Oscar STRAUS in Vienna. d- Bad Ischl, 11 JAN 1954.
1872 Birth of Alba Chretien-Vaguet Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1872 Paris
Debut as Alice in Robert Le Diable (Meyerbeer) 1891
Teacher :- Dubulla
Sang in premiere of Deidamie (Marechal)
1872 (8 MAR?)Birth of Russian-Swiss composer Paul JUON in Moscow. d-Vevey, Switzerland, 21 AUG 1940.
1885 Birth of Yvonne Gall Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1885 Paris Died 21 Aug 1972
Debut as Woglinde in Gotterdammerung (Wagner) 1908
Created Daphne in Les noces Corinthienne (Busser)
Sang in premiere of Scemo (Bachelet)
Guercoeur (Magnard)
Lystrata (Gunsbourg)
1886 Birth of Nadezhda Obukhova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 22 Feb 1886 Moscow Died 15 Aug 1961
Debut as Pauline in Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky) 1917
Teacher Umberto Masetti, Eleonora Lipman
1890 Fernand Ansseau Tenor
Born 6 March 1890 Mons Belgium Died 1 May 1972
Debut as Jean in Herodaide (Massenet) 1913
Teacher :- Desire Demest, Ernst van Dijk
1890 Birth of Spanish composer and leading music critic of the day, Adolfo SALAZAR in Madrid.
1897 Birth of Danish modern composer Knudage RIISAGER in Port Kunda, Estonia. d-Copenhagen, 26 DEC 1974.
1899 Birth of Jeanne Manceau Mezzo-Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1899 Paris
Teacher :- Mme Fourestier
Sang in premiere Persee et Andromede (Ibert)
Guercoeur (Magnard)
1900 Gina Cigna Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 6 Mar 1900 Paris Died 21 June 2001
Debut as Freia 1927
Teachers:- Emma Calve, Hariclea Darclee, Lucette Korsoff, Giannina Russ
Maurice Sens, Rosina Storchio, Giovanni Binetti
Pupils :- Cristina Anguelakova, Marta Bohacova, Teresa Kubiak
Celestina Casapietra, Ghena Dimitrova, Luis Lima
Olivera Miljakovic, Urszula Moroz, Carlotta Ordassy
Jacques Pottier, Slvaka Taskova, Louis Berkmann,
Liliana Zankova, Flaviano Labo, Pietro Ballo, Luisa Castellani
Elena Mauti Nunziata, Portia White, Giuseppe Zampieri
Valeria Popova, Franco Tafuro, Ritva Auvinen, Isabella Fite
Adriana Cicogna, Dubrovka Zahoric, Luis Gaeta, Stefen Elenkov
Created Empress Augusta in Bizancio (Panizza)
Maria in Maria Egiziaca (Respighi)
Sang in premiere of Fiamma (Respighi)
1905 Birth of Nora Gruhn Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1905 London
Debut 1928
Teachers:- Hermann Grunbaum (father), Hermine Bosetti
1911 Birth of American composer Roland LEICH. d-1995.
1914 Birth of Russian conductor Kiril KONDRASHIN in Moscow. d-1981.
1917 Death of English composer and conductor Henry Parker in London. b-London, 4 AUG 1842.
1917 FP of S. Rachmaninoff's Etudes-tableaux Op. 39 Performed by the composer it was the first complete performance of the set of nine pieces, in Petrograd.
1926 FP of Paul Hindemith's Concerto for Orchestra by the Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.
1927 Birth of American bass-baritone Norman TREIGLE in New Orleans. d-N.O. 16 FEB 1975 from overdose of sleeping-pills. New York City Opera 1953 to 1970.
Debut as Lodovico in Otello (Verdi) 1947
Teacher :- Elizabeth Wood
Pupil :- Michael Devlin
Created John Hale in Crucible (Ward)
Granpa Moss in Tender Land (Copland)
Markheim in Markheim (Floyd)
Olin Blitch in Susannah (Floyd)
Judge Townsend in Passion of Jonathan Wade (Floyd)
Sang in premiere The Sejournes and Mollie Sinclair (Floyd)
1927 FP of Prokofiev's Quintet for winds and strings, Op. 39, in Moscow.
1943 Birth of Michael Svetlev Tenor
Born 6 Mar 1943 Sofia
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1971
Teacher :- Stojan Kisijov
1944 Birth of Siegfried Vogel Bass
Born 6 Mar 1944 Chemnitz
Debut Zizell in Si J'etais roi (Adam) 1959
Created Lanny Swartz in Nightrider (Meyer)
Teachers:- Arletta Hypas, H Winkler, J Kempter
Sang in premiere of Lanzelot (Dessau)
Reiter in der Nacht (E H Meyer)
1944 Birth of Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1944 Gisborne New Zealand
Debut 1968
Teachers:- Margaret Krauss, Mary Leo, Vera Rozsa
1948 Birth of Nan Christie Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1948 Irvine
Debut as Fiametta in Gondoliers (Sullivan) 1969
Teachers:- S Duncan, Charles Craig, Vera Rozsa, Winifred Busfield
Created Juliette in Undertaker (Purser)
Galla in Cataline Conspiracy (Hamilton)
Sophie in Tom Jones (Oliver)
Psychopomp in Inquest of Love (Harvey)
1949 Death of French composer Paul Dupin in Paris. b-Roubaix, 14 AUG 1865.
1951 Death of Welsh writer, composer, pianist and actor Ivor Novello in London. b-Cardiff, 15 JAN 1893.
1953 Birth of American composer Arthur LEVERING in Baltimore, MD.
1960 Birth of Jane Turner Mezzo-Soprano
Born 6 Mar 1960 Durham
Debut as Wellgunde in Ring (Wagner) 1984
Teachers:- Dorothy Richardson , Silvia Beamish, David Harper
1967 Death of Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, at age 84, in Budapest. b-Kecskemét, Hungary 16 DEC 1882.
1967 Death of American baritone and actor Nelson Eddy, in Miami Beach FL. b-Providence, RI 29 JUN 1901.
1984 FP of John Harbison's Ulysses' Raft. New Haven Symphony, Murray Sidlin conducting.
2003 FP of John Harbison's Requiem with Christine Brewer, soprano; Margaret Lattimore, mezzo-soprano; Paul Groves, tenor; Johnathan Lemalu, bass-baritone. Boston Symphony, Bernard Haitinck, cond. Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, cond. in Boston.
2003 FP of Bright Sheng's The Song and Dance of Tears. Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Wu Man, pipa; Wu Tong Wu, sheng and suona. NY Philharmonic, David Zinman, conducting at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC.
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