Opera in History (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 515

• 1840-02-11 Gaetano Donizetti's opéra comique "La Fille du Regiment" (The Daughter of the Regiment) premieres at the Salle de la Bourse in Paris, France
• 1840-12-02 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita" premieres in Paris

• 1842-03-03 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd ("Scottish") Symphony in Leipzig Gewandhaus
• 1842-03-09 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" premieres in Milan
• 1842-11-17 Opera "Linda di Chamounix" by Gaetano Donizetti is produced in London
• 1842-12-09 Mikhail Glinka's opera "Russlan and Ludmilla" premieres at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia

• 1843-01-03 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale" premieres at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris, France
• 1843-02-11 Giuseppe Verdi's dramatic opera "I Lombardi" premieres at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy
• 1843-11-27 Opera "Bohemian Girl" by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn first produced in London
• 1843-12-04 Robert Schumann's oratorio "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig
• 1844-03-09 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani" premieres in Venice
• 1844-12-30 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
• 1845-10-19 Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhäuser" premieres in Dresden
• 1845-11-15 William Vincent Wallace, conducts the premiere of his first opera, "Maritana" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, England
• 1846-08-26 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" premieres at the Birmingham Festival in England
• 1846-12-06 Hector Berlioz's dramatic oratorio "La Damnation de Faust" premieres, conducted by the composer at the Opéra-Comique, Paris
• 1847-11-25 Friedrich von Flotow's comic romance opera "Martha" premiers at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna
• 1849-03-09 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" premieres
• 1849-04-16 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le prophète" premieres in Paris
• 1849-05-10 Astor Place Riot: Backers of American actor and working class hero Edwin Forrest attempt to disrupt British actor William McReady's performance at Astor Place Opera House in NYC; Military troops supporting police shoot at the crowd, killing between 22 and 31 [1]
• 1849-12-08 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller" premieres in Naples
• 1850-08-28 Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar, Germany

• 1851-03-11 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" premieres in Venice
• 1851-11-22 Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris)

• 1853-01-19 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres in Rome
• 1853-03-06 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
• 1854-12-10 Hector Berlioz premieres his oratorio "L'enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ)", conducting musicians and soloists from the Opéra-Comique, at the Salle Herz, Paris
• 1855-06-13 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Les vêpres sicilenne" (The Sicilian Vespers) premieres at the Paris Opéra
• 1855-09-27 George Frederick Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle", 2nd American opera, opens in NYC
• 1856-03-05 Covent Garden Opera House, London, destroyed in a fire
• 1857-03-12 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice
• 1857-03-16 Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti's opera "Pergolese" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy (now Italy)
• 1858-05-15 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden, London
• 1858-10-21 Jacques Offenbach's operetta " Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers) premieres in Paris, includes "Infernal Galop" (can-can tune)
• 1859-02-17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Naples

• 1859-04-04 Opera "Dinorah" is produced in Paris

• 1862-02-28 Charles Gounod's opera "La Reine de Saba" premieres in Paris
• 1862-08-09 Hector Berlioz's opera "Beatrice et Benedict" premieres in Baden-Baden, Germany
• 1862-11-22 Opera "La Forza del Destino" by Giuseppe Verdi debuts at Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia [Nov 10 O.S.]

• 1864-03-19 Charles Gounod's opera "Mireille" premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, France
• 1865-04-20 Crosby Opera House opens in Chicago, Illinois; destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871
• 1865-04-28 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine" premieres in Paris
• 1865-06-10 Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" premieres in Munich, Germany

• 1866-03-30 Bedřich Smetana's comic opera"Verkaufte Braut" (The Bartered Bride) premieres at Prague Provisional Theatre
• 1866-05-30 Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)
• 1866-11-17 Opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Francce
• 1867-03-11 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" premieres in Paris
• 1867-04-27 Charles Gounod's opera "Romeo et Juliette" is premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, France
• 1868-03-05 Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele" premieres in Milan
• 1868-03-09 The opera "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas premieres in Paris
• 1868-04-10 First performance of Johannes Brahms' choral composition "A German Requiem"
• 1868-05-16 Bedřich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres at the New Town Theatre in Prague
• 1868-06-21 Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg" premieres in Munich
• 1868-10-22 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant" premieres in NYC
• 1869-05-02 The Folies Trévise (later cabaret hall Folies Bergère) opens as an opera house in Paris, France
• 1869-09-22 Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold" (the 1st piece of his "Ring" cycle) premieres in Munich, Germany
• 1870-03-18 Antonio Carlos Gomes' "Il Guarany" premieres at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, 1st Brazilian opera successful outside Brazil
• 1870-03-19 Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany" premieres at Teatro La Scala in Milan, Italy
• 1870-06-26 Richard Wagner's opera "Valkyrie", second in his Ring Cycle premieres in Munich, featuring "Ride of the Valkyries"
• 1871-12-24 Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" opera premieres in Cairo, Egypt

• 1873-05-24 Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit" ("The King Has Spoken") premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris

• 1874-04-05 Johann Strauss Jr's opera "Die Fledermaus" premieres in Vienna
• 1875-01-05 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
• 1875-03-03 Georges Bizet's last and greatest opera "Carmen" premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France
• 1876-04-08 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda" premieres in Milan
• 1876-08-16 Richard Wagner's opera "Siegfried" premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as part of the first complete performance of The Ring cycle
• 1876-08-17 Richard Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth
• 1877-04-19 Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)

• 1877-11-17 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Sorcerer" premieres at the Opera Comique, London

• 1878-05-25 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" premieres in London, their first international success
• 1878-11-09 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra, led by Leopold Damrosch; the group competes with the New York Philharmonic, until merging in 1928

• 1879-12-30 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" premieres in Paignton, England and at Fifth Avenue Theatre NYC the next day
• 1881-02-10 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman" premieres in Paris
• 1881-03-23 Gas lamp sets fire to Théâtre Municipal” opera house in Nice, France; 70 die, and building completely destroyed
• 1881-04-23 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Patience" premieres at The Opera Comique, London
• 1881-05-11 Bedřich Smetana's opera "Libuše" premieres iat the Natonal Theater, in Prague
• 1881-12-19 Opera "Hérodiade" by Jules Massenet is produced in Brussels
• 1882-01-13 Richard Wagner completes his final opera "Parsifal"
• 1882-02-10 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Snyegurochka" premieres in St Petersburg
• 1882-07-26 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal" premieres in Bayreuth, Germany

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Birthdays 101 - 200 of 609

• 1845-07-06 Ángela Peralta, Mexican operatic soprano, harpist, pianist, and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1883)
• 1845-12-25 Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi, Italian opera composer (Graziella), born in Palermo, Kingdome of the Two Sicilies (d. 1924)
• 1846-01-08 Albert Cahen, French opera composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1903)
• 1846-05-08 Oscar Hammerstein, German opera and playwright (Kohinoor), born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1919)
• 1846-12-31 Richard Kleinmichel, German pianist, composer (Manon), and arranger (Wagner operas for piano), born in Posen, Prussian Grand Duchy of Posen (now Poznań, Poland) (d. 1901)
• 1847-10-21 Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), born in Colleretto Parella, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1906)
• 1847-11-01 Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano, born in Chambly, United Province of Canada (d. 1930)
• 1848-11-24 Lilli Lehmann, German opera singer (Tristan und Isolde), born in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1929)
• 1849-08-18 Benjamin Godard, French violinist, orchestral and opera composer (Symphonie légendaire; Jocelyn), born in Paris, France (d. 1895)
• 1850-01-13 Leon Francis Victor Caron, French- Australian composer (Caron Opera Company), born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (d. 1905)
• 1850-03-09 Alexandre Luigini, French violinist, conductor (Lyon Grand Théâtre, 1877-97; Opéra-Comique Paris, 1897-1906), composer (Ballet égyptien), and pedagogue, born in Lyon, France (d. 1906)
• 1851-01-25 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Sea Bride, Princess of Herberg), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1912)
• 1854-02-20 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1912)
• 1854-06-19 Alfredo Catalani, Italian operatic composer, born in Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1893)
• 1854-09-01 Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hansel and Gretel), born in Siegburg, Westphalia (d. 1921)
• 1855-01-26 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1922)

• 1855-07-19 Emil Paur, Austrian conductor (Boston Symphony; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony; Berlin State Opera), born in Czernowitz, Austria (d. 1932)
• 1855-07-25 Edward Solomon, English pianist and composer, chiefly of operettas, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 1895)
• 1857-03-03 Alfred Bruneau, French cellist, and composer, chiefly of opera (Le Rêve; Messidor), born in Paris, France (d. 1934)
• 1857-05-09 Luigi Illica, Italian poet and opera librettist (Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"; Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chénier"), born in Castell'Arquato, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1919)
• 1858-09-29 Leopoldo Mugnone, Italian opera composer and conductor, born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilie (d. 1941)

• 1859-04-03 Reginald De Koven, American operetta and popular song composer (Oh Promise Me), born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1920)
• 1859-11-17 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1933)
• 1859-12-25 Raoul Gunsbourg, French composer, impresario and opera director (Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 1892-1951), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1955)
• 1860-01-07 Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (Siromahkinia - 1st Bulgarian opera), born in Gabrovo, Ottoman Bulgaria (d. 1902)
• 1860-06-25 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), born in Dieuze, France (d. 1956)
• 1861-05-12 Ivan Caryll [Félix Tilkin], Belgian composer of operetta and musical comedy (The Shop Girl; The Spring Chicken; The Pink Lady), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1921)

• 1861-06-15 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (née Rössler), Austrian-American contralto (Bayreuth Festival, 1896-1914; Metropolitan Opera, 1899-1932), born in Libeň, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1936)
• 1862-09-01 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer and theorist (Wagner Opera sets), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1928)
• 1865-01-03 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
• 1865-07-29 Nicola Spinelli, Italian opera composer, born in Turin, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1909)
• 1865-08-16 Jón Friðfinnsson, Icelandic-Canadian composer (The Millennial Cantata), born in Breiðdal, Iceland (d. 1936)
• 1865-11-12 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), born in Herentals, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
• 1866-03-10 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, born in Upper Norwood, London, England (d. 1956)
• 1866-07-23 Francesco Cilea, Italian orchestral and opera composer (L'arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur), born in Palmi< Calabria, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1950)
• 1866-08-05 Alfred Holy, Portuguese composer and harpist (German Opera - Prague, 1885–96); Berlin Royal Opera, 1896–1903, Vienna Court Opera, 1903–13; Boston Symphony, 1913-28), born in Oporto, Portugal (d. 1948)
• 1866-11-07 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1946)
• 1867-01-09 Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), born in Hergenrath, Rhine Province (now part of Kelmis, Belgium) (d. 1935)
• 1867-01-27 Claude Terrasse, French organist and operetta composer, born in L’Arbresle, Rhône, France (d. 1923)
• 1867-02-21 Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and patron of the arts, organized Metropolitan Opera Company, born in Mannheim, Baden, German Confederation (d. 1934)

• 1867-03-27 Edyth Walker, American opera singer, born in Hopewell, New York (d. 1950)
• 1867-08-28 Umberto Giordano, Italian composer, chiefly of opera (was Andrea Chénier; Fedora; La cena delle beffe), born in Foggia, Apulia, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1948)
• 1867-09-07 Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, born in Mineral Ridge, Ohio (d. 1918)
• 1868-01-27 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)
• 1868-11-15 Ferruccio Giannini, Italian-American operatic tenor (one of the first to be recorded), teacher, and impresario (Verdi Opera House, Philadelphia), born in Barga, Italy (d. 1948)
• 1869-06-06 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor, born in Tribschen, Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1930)
• 1870-01-12 Karel Burian (also Carl Burrian), Czech operatic tenor, born in Rousínov, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1924)
• 1871-01-22 Léon Jessel, German light classical and operetta composer (The Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Schwarzwaldmädel (The Black Forest Girl)), born in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) (d. 1942)
• 1872-04-04 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch concert and opera contralto singer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1954)
• 1872-12-20 Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and sacred oratorio composer, born in Tortona, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1956)
• 1873-02-02 Leo Fall, Austrian operetta composer (Dollar Princess), born in Olmütz, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 1925)
• 1873-02-11 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian operatic bass-baritone singer (Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer), born in Kazen, Russian Empire (d. 1938)
• 1873-02-13 Fyador Chaliapin, Russian operatic bass-baritone (Boris Godunov), born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1938)
• 1874-02-16 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1920-26), and pedagogue, born in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1935)
• 1874-02-20 Mary Garden, Scottish-American operatic soprano, 1900-34, and M-G-M talent scout, born in Aberdeen Scotland (d. 1967)
• 1874-03-12 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, mostly of operettas (Bruder Straubinger; The Golden Mistress), born in Hernals, Austria (d. 1949)
• 1875-08-12 (Héctor) Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer (Aurora; Bizancio). and opera conductor, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1967)

• 1876-03-08 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Puccini's Turandot), born in Posillipo, Italy (d. 1954)
• 1876-09-15 Bruno Walter, German-French opera and symphony conductor (Vienna Philharmonic; NY Philharmonic), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1962)
• 1877-04-24 Charles Cuvillier, French composer of operetta (The Naughty Princess), born in Paris (d. 1955)
• 1877-07-13 Karl Erb, German opera and oratorio tenor, born in Ravensburg, Kingdom of Württemberg (now Germany) (d. 1958)
• 1878-01-28 Walter Kollo, German composer of operettas, Singspiele, and popular songs (Der Juxbaron), born in Neidenburg, Kingdom of Prussia. (d. 1940)
• 1878-02-21 Fritz Cortolezis, German conductor, opera director, and composer, born in Passau, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1934)
• 1879-03-19 Joseph Haas, German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich, Totenmesse), born in Maihingen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1960)
• 1879-07-03 Philippe Gaubert, French flautist, conductor (Paris Opéra, 1919-41), composer, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire), born in Cahors, France (d. 1941)
• 1880-02-01 Antonio Guarnieri, Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala, 1929-50), born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1952)
• 1880-07-02 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1967)
• 1880-08-17 Leo Ascher, Austrian-American operetta composer (Hoheit tanzt Walzer (Her Highness Dances the Waltz); Der Soldat der Marie (Marie's Soldier)), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1942)
• 1881-03-10 Thomas Quinlan, British opera impresario, born in Bury, England (d. 1951)
• 1882-08-18 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, French organist and opera composer (Le Bon Roi Dagobert), born in Paris (d. 1955)
• 1882-10-24 Emmerich Kálmán, Hungarian composer of operettas, born in Siófok, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)
• 1883-10-22 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1921)
• 1883-12-14 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, born in Smyrna, Greece (d. 1962)
• 1884-03-24 Gino Marinuzzi, Sr., Italian opera conductor (Wagner; Puccini), and composer (Symphony in A), born in Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1945)
• 1884-06-14 John McCormack, Irish-American operatic and popular tenor ("I Hear You Calling Me"; "It's A Long Way To Tipperary"), born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1945)
• 1884-08-02 Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer, born in Hagby, Sweden (d. 1982)
• 1884-10-20 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in New York City (d. 1966)
• 1884-10-30 Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), born in Gröbming, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
• 1885-06-19 Stevan Hristić, Serbian composer (Legend of Ohrid; Opeleo), conductor (Belgrade Philharmonic, 1923-34; Belgrade Opera, 1925-35), and pedagogue (Belgrade Music Academy, 1937-50), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 1958)
• 1885-10-22 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian operatic spinto tenor singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1913-45), born in Montagnana, Italy (d. 1969)
• 1887-03-14 Lawrance Collingwood, British composer, and opera conductor, born in London, England (d. 1982)
• 1887-07-29 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American operetta composer (Blossom Time), born in Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)
• 1887-10-06 Maria Jeritza [Marie Jedličková], Czech soprano known as the Moravian Thunderbolt (Vienna Opera, 1912-34, 1953-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1921-32, 1951), born in Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1982) &)
• 1888-01-10 Emile van Bosch, Belgian-Dutch opera singer (Fair Folks), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1940)
• 1888-03-12 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), born in Elberfeld, Germany (d. 1965)
• 1890-05-20 Beniamino Gigli, Italian lyric tenor (La Gioconde - "Enzo"; Metropolitan Opera, 1920-32), born in Recanati, Marche, Italy (d. 1957)
• 1891-01-21 Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1953)
• 1891-02-12 Maurice Yvain, French operetta composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
• 1891-05-16 Richard Tauber [Denemy], Austrian-British operatic tenor and film actor, born in Linz, Austria (d. 1948)
• 1892-03-10 Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, born in Werneth, Oldham, England (d. 1990)
• 1892-05-18 Ezio Pinza, Italian American operatic bass (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1926-48), and Tony Award-winning singer (South Pacific), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1957)
• 1892-05-31 Louis Fourestier, French cellist, composer (Polynice; Patria), conductor (Paris Opera, 1938-65), and pedagogue (Paris Conservatoire, 1945-65), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1976)
• 1893-03-31 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera; Berlin State Opera), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1954)
• 1894-03-02 Renaat Veremans, Flemish organist, composer, and conductor (Flemish Opera, Antwerp, 1921-44), born in Lierre, Belgium (d. 1969)
• 1894-03-26 Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian operatic soprano, the favorite of Richard Strauss, born in Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austrian Empire (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) (d. 1985)

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Deaths 101 - 200 of 500

• 1908-11-08 Victorien Sardou, French playwright, several of which were adapted as operas (Fedora, Tosca; Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77

• 1912-03-15 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), dies at 58
• 1912-05-26 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61

• 1913-02-26 Felix Draeseke, German composer (Christus: Mysterium in a Prelude and Three Oratorios), dies from a stroke at 77
• 1914-10-28 Richard Heuberger, Austrian opera composer, dies at 64
• 1917-02-10 Émile Pessard, French pianist, concert and comic opera composer, and teacher (Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert), dies at 73
• 1918-05-24 Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, dies at 50
• 1919-12-16 Luigi Illica, Italian poet and opera librettist (Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"; Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chénier"), dies at 62

• 1921-09-27 Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hansel and Gretel), dies at 67
• 1921-11-29 Ivan Caryll [Félix Tilkin], Belgian composer of operetta and musical comedy (The Shop Girl; The Spring Chicken; The Pink Lady), dies at 60
• 1921-12-10 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), dies at 38
• 1922-03-10 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, dies at 67
• 1922-06-06 Lillian Russell, American actress and operetta singer, dies at about 60
• 1923-06-30 Claude Terrasse, French operetta composer (Ubu Roi; Miss Alice des P.T.T), dies at 56
• 1923-07-14 Louis Ganne, French conductor and operetta composer (Les saltimbanques (The Acrobats)), dies at 61
• 1924-02-21 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, Italian opera composer, dies at 78
• 1924-04-15 Eduardo Caudella, Romanian opera composer, dies at 82
• 1924-09-25 Karel Burian (also Carl Burrian), Czech operatic tenor, dies at 54

• 1925-09-16 Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies at 52
• 1928-02-29 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer and theorist (Wagner opera sets), dies at 65
• 1929-05-16 Lilli Lehmann, German opera soprano (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 80
• 1930-04-03 Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 82
• 1930-08-04 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor, dies at 61

• 1932-06-07 Emil Paur, Austrian conductor (Boston Symphony; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony; Berlin State Opera), dies at 76
• 1933-07-29 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, dies at 73
• 1934-03-13 Fritz Cortolezis, German conductor, opera director, and composer, dies at 56
• 1935-06-06 Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), dies at 68
• 1935-10-04 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1920-26), and pedagogue, dies at 61
• 1936-03-30 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, dies at 40
• 1936-08-15 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), dies at 71
• 1936-11-17 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (née Rössler), Austrian-American contralto (Bayreuth Festival, 1896-1914; Metropolitan Opera, 1899-1932), dies of leukemia at 75
• 1936-12-17 Jón Friðfinnsson, Icelandic-Canadian organist, and composer (The Millennial Cantata), dies at 71

• 1938-04-12 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian operatic bass-baritone singer (Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer), dies of leukemia at 65
• 1939-06-18 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), dies at 73
• 1939-08-03 August Enna, Danish opera composer (The Witch; Kleopatra), dies at 80
• 1940-01-24 Emile van Bosch, Belgian revue, operetta and opera singer, dies at 52
• 1940-09-30 Walter Kollo, German operetta and popular song composer, dies at 62
• 1941-07-08 Philippe Gaubert, French flautist, conductor (Paris Opéra, 1919-41), composer, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire), dies of a stroke at 62
• 1941-07-18 Dionyssios Lavrangas, Greek composer and conductor (Elliniko Melodhrama (Greek Opera), 1900-35), dies at 80
• 1941-12-22 Leopoldo Mugnone, Italian opera composer and conductor, dies at 83
• 1942-01-04 Léon Jessel, German light classical and operetta composer (The Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Schwarzwaldmädel (The Black Forest Girl)), dies of injuries sustained during Gestapo interrogation at 70
• 1942-01-06 Emma Calvé [Calvet], French operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1893-1904), dies at 83
• 1942-02-25 Leo Ascher, Austrian-American operetta composer (Hoheit tanzt Walzer (Her Highness Dances the Waltz); Der Soldat der Marie (Marie's Soldier)), dies at 61
• 1945-08-02 Pietro Mascagni, Italian opera composer (Cavalleria Rusticana), dies at 81
• 1945-08-17 Gino Marinuzzi, Sr., Italian opera conductor (Wagner; Puccini), and composer (Symphony in A), dies at 61
• 1946-01-07 Adamo Didur, Polish operatic bass singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1908-32), dies at 71
• 1946-08-31 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer, and conductor, dies at 63
• 1946-09-03 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), dies at 79
• 1948-01-08 Richard Tauber [Denemy], Austrian-British operatic tenor and film actor, dies of lung cancer at 56

• 1948-09-17 Ferruccio Giannini, Italian-American operatic tenor (one of the first to be recorded), teacher, and impresario (Verdi Opera House, Philadelphia), dies at 79
• 1948-11-12 Umberto Giordano, Italian composer, chiefly of opera (was Andrea Chénier; Fedora; La cena delle beffe), dies at 81
• 1949-10-04 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, mostly of operettas (Bruder Straubinger; The Golden Mistress), dies from injuries from falling off of a stage at 75
• 1950-02-19 Edyth Walker, American opera singer, dies at 82
• 1950-04-03 Kurt Weill, German-American composer and collaborator of Bertolt Brecht (Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera), dies after a heart attack at 50
• 1950-11-20 Francesco Cilea, Italian orchesztral and opera composer (L'arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur), dies at 84
• 1951-08-11 Ebbe Hamerik, Danish opera composer (Stepan; Marie Grubbe), drowns in a sailing accident at 52
• 1951-11-09 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American operetta composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64
• 1951-11-20 Thomas Quinlan, English opera impresario, dies at 70
• 1952-11-25 Antonio Guarnieri, Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala, 1929-50), dies at 72
• 1953-08-28 Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), dies at 61
• 1953-10-30 Emmerich Kálmán, Hungarian composer of operettas, dies at 71
• 1954-01-27 Paul-Marie Masson, French musicologist (L’Opéra de Rameau), and composer, dies at 71
• 1954-04-27 Torsten Ralf, Swedish operatic tenor (Daphne - "Apollo"), dies at 53
• 1954-05-04 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch concert and opera contralto singer, dies at 82
• 1954-05-16 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera; Berlin State Opera), dies at 61
• 1954-09-10 Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies at 46
• 1954-10-27 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78
• 1955-02-14 Charles Cuvillier, French composer of operetta (The Naughty Princess), dies at 77
• 1955-05-31 Raoul Gunsbourg, French composer, impresario and opera director (Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 1892-1951), dies at 95
• 1955-06-11 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, French organist and opera composer (Le Bon Roi Dagobert), dies at 72
• 1955-07-25 Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, Soviet operetta and film composer, dies at 55
• 1956-02-18 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95
• 1956-03-09 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, dies at 89
• 1956-03-11 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83

• 1957-05-09 Ezio Pinza, Italian American operatic bass (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1926-48), and Tony Award-winning singer (South Pacific), dies at 64
• 1957-11-30 Beniamino Gigli, Italian lyric tenor (La Gioconde - "Enzo"; Metropolitan Opera, 1920-32),dies of pneumonia at 67
• 1958-08-21 Stevan Hristić, Serbian composer (Legend of Ohrid; Opeleo), conductor (Belgrade Philharmonic, 1923-34; Belgrade Opera, 1925-35), and pedagogue (Belgrade Music Academy, 1937-50), dies at 73
• 1958-08-24 Leo Blech, German opera composer and conductor, (Königliches Opernhaus, 1906-37; Städtische Oper, 1949-53). dies at 87
• 1960-03-04 Leonard Warren [Warenoff], American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1939-60), dies of a heart attack during a performance of Verddi's "La forza del destino" at 48
• 1960-03-30 Joseph Haas, German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich; Totenmesse), dies at 81
• 1960-07-15 Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1923-50), dies after surgery at 63
• 1960-09-09 Jussi Björling, Swedish operatic tenor, dies from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) complications at 49
• 1961-04-21 James Melton, American pop (1920-30's) and operatic tenor (Metropolitan Opera, 1942-50), dies at 57
• 1961-08-08 Méi Lánfāng [Lan], Chinese opera performer known as "Queen of Peking Opera" for his portrayal of female roles, dies at 66
• 1961-09-02 Greet Koeman, Dutch opera soprano, dies at 54
• 1962-02-17 Bruno Walter, German-French opera and symphony conductor (Vienna Philharmonic; NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
• 1962-04-03 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
• 1963-11-26 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), dies at 81
• 1963-12-18 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), dies at 58
• 1964-01-22 Marc Blitzstein, American opera and theater composer, librettist (The Cradle Will Rock), and translator (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill works), killed by a sailor at 58
• 1965-01-25 (Gustaaf) "Staf" Nees, Flemish-Belgian carillonist, organist, composer (Maria-oratorio), and educator, dies at 63
• 1965-10-26 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), dies at 77

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