Opera in History (Part 6)

Events 501 - 517 of 517

• 2010-02-26 Opera "Madame White Snake", by Boston Opera composed by Zhou Long, premieres at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2011)
• 2011-11-12 Opera "Silent Night" by Kevin Puts opens at the Ordway Theater, St. Paul sung in English, German, French, Italian and Latin (winner 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music) [1]
• 2014-04-26 Oratorio for chorus evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe premieres in Philadelphia (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015) [1]

• 2016-01-06 Opera "Angel's Bone" by composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek premieres at the Prototype Festival, New York City (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2017)
• 2017-11-07 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C
• 2017-12-04 New York's Metropolitan Opera suspends conductor James Levine after allegations of sexual misconduct
• 2018-08-23 Tenor Plácido Domingo sings his 150th opera role in Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” at the Salzburg Festival, Austria
• 2018-11-29 Opera "Prism" composed by Ellen Reid with lyrics by Roxie Perkin premieres at REDCAT in Los Angeles (2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music)
• 2019-06-15 Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five" premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020) [1]
• 2019-12-08 Vienna State Opera stages its first show by a female composer in 150 years - Olga Neuwirth’s opera, “Orlando”

• 2022-05-27 Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' opera "Omar" premieres at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina (2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music winner)

• 2023-12-15 State memorial held for Australian entertainer Barry Humphries (behind Dame Edna Everage character) at Sydney Opera House [1]

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Birthdays 501 - 600 of 610

• 1943-06-23 James Levine, American conductor (Metropolitan Opera, 1976-2017), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2021)
• 1944-01-02 Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer ("Chinese Opera"), conductor, contemporary music advocate, and teacher, born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania) (d. 2024)
• 1944-03-23 Michael Nyman, British pianist and composer of opera and film scores (Mesmer; Carrington; The Piano), born in Stratford, London
• 1944-04-06 Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano (English National Opera; Welsh National Opera), and music professor (Royal College of Music), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
• 1944-07-30 Teresa Cahill, British soprano opera singer, born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
• 1944-09-10 Thomas Allen, British operatic baritone singer, born in Seaham Harbour, England
• 1944-11-02 Patrice Chereau, French opera director and actor (Danton), born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France (d. 2013)
• 1945-06-27 Joel Revzen, American opera conductor and pianist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
• 1945-09-12 John Mauceri, American conductor (Washington, D.C. Opera), born in New York City

• 1945-10-08 Joseph Rescigno, American opera conductor (Florentine Opera Company of Milwaukee, 1981-2019), born in Flushing, New York
• 1945-10-20 Thomas Pasatieri, American opera composer (Frau Margot), born in New York City
• 1945-11-22 Ivan Pařík, Czech opera conductor and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
• 1946-02-01 Carol Neblett, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-93), born in Modesto, California (d. 2017)
• 1946-06-01 Carol Neblett, American soprano (City and Metropolitan Operas, 1969-83), born in Modesto, California (d. 2017)

• 1946-10-10 Willard White, Jamaican-British operatic bass baritone, born in Kingston, Jamaica

• 1946-12-23 Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2021)
• 1947-05-08 Felicity Lott, British lyric and operatic soprano (We Come To The River), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
• 1947-06-02 Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor (Hallé Orchestra in 1999-2024), born in Hexham, Northumberland, England
• 1947-12-27 Janet Perry, American operatic soprano, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1948-04-18 Catherine Malfitano, American soprano (Metropolitan Opera), and opera director, born in New York City
• 1948-05-29 Linda Esther Gray, Scottish operatic soprano (Isolde), born in Greenock
• 1948-05-29 Michael Berkeley, English composer, broadcaster and House of Lords member (Jayne Eyre opera), born in London, England
• 1948-06-18 Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary
• 1948-07-17 Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director, born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 2015)
• 1948-08-13 Kathleen Battle, American Grammy, Emmy, and Olivier Award-winning operatic soprano (Wagner's Tannhäuser - "the Shephard"), born in Portsmouth, Ohio
• 1948-09-12 Luis Lima, Argentinian operatic tenor, born in Córdoba, Argentina
• 1949-01-05 Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, American operatic soprano, and actress (Diva), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2024) [1]
• 1950-03-18 James Conlon, American conductor (Los Angeles opera, 2006-present; Cincinnati May Festival, 1979-2016; Ravinia Festival, 2005-15), born in Queens, New York
• 1950-03-27 Maria Ewing, American opera mezzo-soprano singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1976-97), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2022)
• 1950-04-26 Peter Schaufuss, Danish dancer and director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1951-01-29 Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2016)
• 1951-08-24 Mona Lyn Reese, American contemporary classical, opera and choral music composer (The Three Fat Women of Antibes; Prince), born in Morris, Minnesota
• 1951-11-22 Kent Nagano, Japanese-American conductor (Berkely Symphony, 1978-2009; Montreal Symphony, 2006-20), opera administrator (Lyon National, 1988-98; LA opera, 2003-06; Bavarian State Opera, 2006-13), and new music advocate, born in Berkeley, California
• 1952-01-31 Thomas Lawrence Toscano, American conductor (Opera OGGI NY), composer, and broadcaster, born in The Bronx, New York
• 1952-08-07 Ian Hobson, British pianist, opera conductor and music professor, born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
• 1952-08-10 Ashley Putnam, American soprano (NY City Opera 1978), born in New York City
• 1953-12-30 Graham Vick, British opera director (Birmingham Opera Company, 1987-2020), born in Birkenhead, England (d. 2021)
• 1954-01-30 Jochen Kowalski, German concert and operatic countertenor (Hamburg State Opera, 1984-present), born in Wachow, East Germany (now part of Nauen, Germany)
• 1954-03-01 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American violist and operatic mezzo-soprano, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2006)
• 1955-04-29 Gino Quilico, Canadian Grammy Award-winning operatic baritone, born in Flushing, New York City
• 1955-05-09 Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish opera, lieder, and rock mezzo-soprano (For The Stars, with Elvis Costello), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1955-10-26 Christine Brewer, American operatic soprano, born in Grand Tower, Illinois
• 1956-04-30 Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese operatic baritone, born in Porto, Portugal
• 1956-08-27 Constantine Orbelian, American pianist and conductor (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, 1991-2010; Kaunas City Symphony, 2014-present; New York City Opera, 2021-present), born in San Francisco, California
• 1957-06-17 Martin Dillon, American operatic tenor and teacher, born in Portsmouth, Ohio (d. 2005)
• 1957-07-29 Alessandra Marc [Judith Borden], American operatic soprano (Turandot), born in Berlin, Germany
• 1957-09-06 Paul Harrhy, Welsh actor and opera singer (Intelligence Park), born in South Wales (d. 1996)
• 1957-12-20 Arturs Maskats, Latvian classical composer and music director (Dailes Theatre; Latvian National Opera, 1996-2013), born in Valmiera, Latvia
• 1958-07-05 Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor, born in Birmingham, England
• 1958-07-10 Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director, born in Munster, County Cork, Ireland
• 1959-02-14 Renée Fleming, American opera singer and soprano, born in Indiana, Pennsylvania
• 1960-05-06 Phyllis Treigle, American operatic soprano, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1960-10-27 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), born in Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan, USSR (d. 2015)
• 1961-03-02 Simone Young, Australian conductor (Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Philharmonic, 2005-15), born in Sydney, Australia
• 1962-01-24 Stephen Gould, American operatic tenor (Bayreuth Festival, 2004-22), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 2023)
• 1962-10-16 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone, born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia (d. 2017)
• 1963-01-25 Marcello Giordani, Italian tenor (Metropolitan Opera, 1993-2008), born in Augusta, Sicily (d. 2019)
• 1963-05-11 Nina Stemme [Thöldte], Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer, born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1963-06-07 Roberto Alagna, Italian-French operatic tenor, born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
• 1964-04-20 George Pehlivanian, French-American symphonic and opera conductor, born in Beirut, Lebanon
• 1964-04-23 Gianandrea Noseda, Italian conductor (National Symphony (D.C.), 2017-27; Zurich Opera, 2021-28; BBC Philharmonic, 2002-11), born in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
• 1964-09-04 René Pape, German opera singer (bass), born in Dresden, East Germany
• 1965-08-19 Johan Botha, South African operatic tenor, born in Rustenburg, South Africa (d. 2016)
• 1965-10-14 Constantine Koukias, Tasmanian composer and opera director, born in Hobart, Australia
• 1965-11-09 Bryn Terfel, Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer, born in Pant Glas, United Kingdom
• 1966-02-09 Amanda Roocroft, British operatic soprano, born in Coppull, Lancashire, England
• 1966-04-19 Véronique Gens, French operatic soprano, born in Orléans, France
• 1966-11-24 Russell Watson, British classical crossover pop-opera singer, born in Irlam, England
• 1967-05-16 Kirmo Lintinen, Finnish jazz and contemporary classical pianist, conductor, and composer (Cantata Proverbiorum), born in Saarijärvi, Finland
• 1967-09-27 Isidora Žebeljan, Serbian classical, opera, and film composer, born in Belgrade (d. 2020)
• 1968-10-13 Carlos Marín, Spanish pop-opera baritone (Il Divo), born in Mörfelden-Walldorf, West Germany (d. 2021)
• 1969-02-13 Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty), American Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano (La Scala, 2000; New York Metropolitan Opera, 2006), born in Prairie Village, Kansas
• 1969-06-24 Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian pop and operatic soprano singer, born in Bergen, Norway
• 1970-01-02 Robert Fertitta, American operatic countertenor, born in New York City
• 1970-02-27 Patricia Petibon, French opera singer, born in Montargis, France

• 1970-10-13 Paul Potts, British pop-opera singer and 1st winner of Britain's Got Talent (2007), born in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England
• 1970-11-04 Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer, born in Uppsala, Sweden
• 1970-12-29 Aled Jones, Welsh pop-opera singer, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
• 1971-09-18 Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer, born in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
• 1971-11-06 François-Xavier Roth, French conductor (Les Siècles, 2003-present; Cologne Opera, 2012-present), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
• 1972-11-24 Lawrence Brownlee, American operatic tenor (The Barber of Seville), born in Youngstown, Ohio
• 1972-12-21 Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
• 1973-03-07 Sébastien Izambard, French operatic pop singer (Il Divo), born in Paris, France
• 1973-04-14 David Miller, American popera tenor (Il Divo), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
• 1974-04-10 Nayden Todorov, Bulgarian conductor (Sofia Philharmonic, 2017-; State Opera in Ruse, 2005-17), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 1974-06-28 Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 2010)
• 1975-03-06 Yannick Nézet-Séguin, French Canadian conductor (Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain, 2000-; Philadelphia Orchestra, 2010-26; Metropolitan Opera, 2018-present), born in Montréal, Quebec
• 1978-04-06 Myleene Klass, British pop-opera singer, born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
• 1979-08-15 Ailyn Perez, American operatic soprano, born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1980-08-19 Darius Danesh, Scottish pop, opera and swing singer-songwriter and stage actor, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2022)
• 1980-10-23 Eun Sun Kim, South Korean conductor (San Francisco Opera), born in Seoul, South Korea
• 1981-02-19 Vitas [Vitaly Grachev], Russian operatic-pop singer (Opera #2), born in Daugavpils, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
• 1981-05-07 Maria Radner, German operatic contralto, specializing in Wagner, born in Düsseldorf, West Germany (d. 2015)
• 1981-05-12 Asmik Grigorian, Lithuanian operatic soprano, born in Vilnius, Lithuania
• 1982-02-18 Isabel Leonard, American Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano opera singer, born in New York City
• 1982-05-08 Anthony Roth Costanzo, American operatic countertenor (Akhnaten), actor, and educator, born in Durham, North Carolina

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• 2024-04-20 Andrew Davis, British conductor (Toronto Symphony, 1975-88; BBC Symphony, 1989-2000; Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2000-21), dies of leukemia at 80 [1]

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