Opera in History (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 512

• 1883-03-31 1st performance of Caesar Franck's symphonic poem for orchestra "Le Chasseur Maudit" (The Accursed Huntsman) at the Salle Érard in Paris
• 1883-04-14 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé" premieres with the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris, rance

• 1884-03-08 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano Suite

• 1885-03-15 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
• 1885-03-20 Yiddish theater opens in New York City with an operetta by Abraham Goldfaden
• 1885-10-24 Johann Strauss' operetta "Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron)" premieres in Vienna
• 1885-11-09 Edward Jakobowski's opera "Ermine" premieres in London at the Comedy Theatre
• 1885-11-30 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)
• 1885-12-02 Opera "Regina di Saba" premieres in Vienna
• 1886-09-25 Comedy opera "Dorothy" first produced in London

• 1887-05-18 Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le roi malgré lui" (King, in spite of himself) premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris; after 3 performances the theatre burns down
• 1887-05-25 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die

• 1887-11-23 Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)
• 1888-03-10 1st performance of Caesar Franck's symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra "Psyché"
• 1888-03-20 Premiere of the very first Romani language operetta staged in Moscow, Russia
• 1888-05-07 Édouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris
• 1889-05-18 Jules Massenet's opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris
• 1889-12-07 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Gondoliers" premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London
• 1890-05-17 Pietro Mascagni's opera "Rustic Chivalry" premieres in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi
• 1890-06-09 Comic opera "Robin Hood" by Reginald De Koven, Harry B. Smith, and Clement Scott premieres in Chicago
• 1890-11-04 Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor" debuts at Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia

• 1891-05-15 Jules Massenet's opera "Grisélidis" premieres in Paris
• 1892-02-16 Opera "Werther" by Jules Massenet premieres in Vienna
• 1892-04-28 1st performance of Antonín Dvořák's overture "Carnival Overture"
• 1892-05-21 Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "I Pagliacci" premieres in Milan
• 1892-08-27 NYC's Metropolitan Opera House (opened in 1883) catches fire; takes two years to restore

• 1892-12-26 Alberto Franchetti's opera "Cristoforo Colombo" opens at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Italy
• 1893-01-03 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final opera "Iolanta", is first performed outside of Russia in Hamburg, Germany

• 1893-02-09 Giuseppe Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Italy
• 1893-06-01 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)

• 1894-03-16 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra

• 1894-04-19 Jules Massenet's opera "Werther" premieres in NYC
• 1895-05-04 Wilhelm Kienzl's opera "Der Evangelimann" (The Evangelist), 1st performed at the Neues Königliches Opernhaus in Berlin, Germany
• 1896-01-05 Isaac Albéniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez" premieres in Barcelona
• 1896-02-01 Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
• 1896-03-07 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's 14th and final comic opera together "The Grand Duke" premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London
• 1896-03-28 Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier" premieres at La Scala, Milan with Giuseppe Borgatti singing the title role; libretto by Luigi Illica

• 1896-05-20 The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others
• 1897-02-05 1st showing of a motion picture in Hawaii at the Hawaiian Opera House

• 1898-09-26 Victor Herbert and Harry Smith's operetta "The Fortune Teller" premieres at Wallack's Theater, New York City
• 1898-11-22 Pietro Mascagni's opera "Iris" premieres at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, Italy
• 1899-02-26 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's "Symphony No. 6 in A", Gustav Mahler leading the Vienna Philharmonic in Graz, Austria
• 1899-03-05 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D
• 1900-01-14 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" premieres in Rome
• 1900-02-02 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres at the Salle Favart, in Paris France; performed by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messageri
• 1900-08-27 Gabriel Fauré's grand cantata "Prométhée" premieres at Arènes de Béziers, France; performance involved almost 800 singers and musicians (including two wind bands and 15 harps) and an audience of 10,000
• 1901-03-23 Australian opera star Dame Nellie Melba reveals secret of her now famous toast

• 1901-11-20 Dramatic opera "Grisélidis" by Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand premieres the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France
• 1901-11-21 Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot" premieres in Dresden
• 1902-02-18 Jules Massenet's opera "Le jongleur de Notre-Dame" ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame) premieres in Monte Carlo

• 1902-05-14 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso makes his Covent Garden debut opposite Nellie Melba in Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" in London

• 1903-01-07 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger" premieres in Brussels
• 1903-01-13 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown, Pennsylvania killing 170
• 1903-10-13 Victor Herbert and by Glen MacDonough's operetta "Babes in Toyland" premieres at Majestic Theater, New York City
• 1903-11-15 Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" premieres in Prague
• 1903-11-23 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso makes his US debut at the Metropolitan Opera House, in New York in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto"

• 1904-02-17 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Italy
• 1905-12-09 Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premieres in Dresden

• 1906-03-19 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's comic opera "Quattro Rusteghi" ("The Four Ruffians") premieres at the Hoftheater in Munich, Germany
• 1906-09-24 Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom's operetta musical "The Red Mill" opens at the Knickerbocker Theater, NYC
• 1907-05-10 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris
• 1907-11-25 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" has its first American performance in New York

• 1909-01-25 Richard Strauss' one-act opera "Elektra" premieres in Dresden
• 1910-02-19 English premiere of Richard Strauss' opera "Elektra"
• 1910-12-28 Englebert Humperdink's opera "Konigskinder" premiers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
• 1911-01-26 Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier" (Knight of the Rose) premieres at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden, Germany
• 1911-02-25 Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma" premieres at Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1911-05-19 Maurice Ravel's opera "L'heure espagnole" premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
• 1911-11-18 Ludwig Thuille's opera "Lobetanz" first American performance
• 1911-11-23 Wilhelm Kienzl's opera "Der Kuhreigen" premieres at the Volksoper in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
• 1911-12-23 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera "I Gioielli Della Madonna" premieres at the Kurfürstenoper in Berlin, Germany, sung in German as "Der Schmuck der Madonna"
• 1913-03-04 Gabriel Faure's opera "Pénélope", based on Homer's "The Odyssey", premieres at the Salle Garnie, in Monte Carlo, Monaco
• 1914-01-13 Emmerich Kelman, y Catherine Chisholm Cushing and E.P. Heath operetta "Sari" opens at the Liberty Theatre, later transferring to the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC; runs for 151 performances
• 1914-01-24 Victor Herbert's second opera "Madeleine" premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC, with Frances Alda in the title role
• 1914-02-19 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin
• 1914-05-15 Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf, savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris
• 1914-11-02 Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom's comic operetta "The Only Girl" opens at 39th Street Theatre, later transferring to the Lyric Theatre, NYC; runs for 240 performances

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Birthdays 201 - 300 of 607

• 1895-09-28 Wallace Harrison, American architect (Metropolitan Opera House, United Nations complex), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1981)
• 1895-10-21 J Delos Jewkes, American light opera, vaudeville, choral (Mormon Tabernacle), film and television bass singer, and actor (Stars And Stripes Forever; The Music Man; The Andy Griffith Show), born in Orangeville, Utah (d. 1984)
• 1895-11-08 Euphemia Giannini Gregory, Italian-American opera singer and educator (Curtis Institute), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1979)
• 1895-12-09 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, born in Barcelona (d. 1936)
• 1896-01-08 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech-American composer (Bird's Opera), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1967)
• 1896-01-09 Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-British conductor, primarily of opera, born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1971)
• 1897-01-22 Rosa Ponselle [Ponzillo], American soprano opera diva ("Casta Diva"; La Forza del Destino - "Leonora"; Metropolitan Opera, 1918-37), born in Meriden, Connecticut (d. 1986)
• 1897-04-16 Milton Cross, American radio announcer (Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, 1931-75), born in New York City (d. 1975)
• 1897-06-20 Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (co-author of The Threepenny Opera), born in Peckelsheim, Westphalia, German Empire (d. 1973)
• 1898-01-13 Carlo Tagliabue, Italian operatic baritone, (La Scala, 1930-55), born in Mariano Comense, Italy (d. 1978)
• 1898-02-18 Walter Herbert [Seligmann], German-American conductor, impresario (Houston Grand Opera, 1955- 72; San Diego Opera, 1965-77), and world champion bridge player, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1975)
• 1898-04-12 (Alice) "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), born in Draguignan, France (d. 1976)
• 1898-04-15 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1982)
• 1898-07-24 Caterina Jarboro, African-American opera singer and 1st black female performer to sing on opera stage in US, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1986)
• 1898-09-05 Ebbe Hamerik, Danish opera composer (Stepan; Marie Grubbe), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1951)
• 1898-10-01 Karl Rankl, Austrian-British conductor (Covent Garden Opera Company, 1946-51), and composer (Deirdre of the Sorrows), born in Gaaden, Austria (d. 1968)

• 1899-09-11 Nelly "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Jenny; Driestuivers Opera), born in Batavia, Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia) (d. 1971)
• 1899-09-16 Hans Swarowsky, Austrian pianist, conductor (Graz Opera, 1947-50), and educator (Vienna Music Academy, 1949-75), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1975)
• 1899-11-02 Walter Woolf King, American stage and screen baritone, character actor (Golden Dawn; A Night at the Opera; Swiss Miss), and actor's agent, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1984)
• 1900-01-07 John Brownlee, Australian operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-57), born in Geelong, Victoria (d. 1969)
• 1900-01-22 Franz Salmhofer, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera, 1945-54), and composer (mostly of ballet and opera), born in Vienna (d. 1975)
• 1900-01-30 Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, Soviet operetta & film composer, born in Lokhvitsa, Russian Empire (d. 1955)
• 1900-03-02 Kurt Weill, German-American composer and collaborator of Bertolt Brecht (Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera), born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1950)
• 1900-04-14 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1969)
• 1900-06-22 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) (d. 1973)
• 1900-07-10 Evelyn Laye [Elsie Lay], British stage and operetta singer and actress (Bitter Sweet; The Merry Widow), born in Bloomsbury, London, England (d. 1996)
• 1900-08-23 Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American concert, opera, and electronic music composer (Johnny Spielt Auf: Orpheus and Eurydike; Fibonacci-Mobile), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
• 1900-11-04 Luigi Lucioni, Italian-American landscape painter (opera stars), born in Malnate, Italy (d. 1988)
• 1900-12-13 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, born in Ograda, Romania (d. 1970)
• 1901-01-02 Torsten Ralf, Swedish operatic tenor (Daphne - "Apollo"), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 1954)
• 1901-12-02 (Gustaaf) "Staf" Nees, Flemish-Belgian carillonist, organist, composer (Maria-oratorio), and educator, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1965)

• 1902-01-09 Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born opera impresario (NY Metropolitan Opera manager, 1950-72), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
• 1902-02-26 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (Vienna State Opera, 1940-58), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1958)
• 1902-12-19 Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American dramatic soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1935-42), and teacher, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
• 1903-01-18 Berthold Goldschmidt, German-British opera composer (Beatrice Cenci), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1996)
• 1903-02-22 Robert Weede [Wiedefeld], American operatic and musical theater baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-48; The Most Happy Fella), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1972)
• 1904-01-02 James Melton, American pop (1920-30's) and operatic tenor (Metropolitan Opera, 1942-50), born in Moultrie, Georgia (d. 1961)
• 1904-06-03 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NBC Symphony, 1938-55; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1941-67; "Bluebird of Happiness"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
• 1904-11-03 Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian organist, composer (Ugunī; New Brunswick Rhapsody), and conductor (Latvian National Opera, 1933–1944), born in Pärnu, Russian Empire (now Estonia) (d. 2000)
• 1905-03-02 Marc Blitzstein, American opera and theater composer, librettist (The Cradle Will Rock), and translator (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill works), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
• 1905-04-01 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1963)
• 1905-04-02 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1986)
• 1905-11-12 Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Soviet composer (wrote 1st Kazakh opera), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1981)
• 1906-04-08 Raoul Jobin, French Canadian operatic tenor, born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 1974)
• 1906-05-17 Zinka Milanov (née Kunc), Croatian soprano (Ljubljana Opera, 1927-34; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1937-66), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 1989)
• 1906-07-28 Gottlob Frick, German opera singer, born in Ölbronn-Dürrn (d. 1994)

• 1906-11-10 Leonid Wīgner, Latvian conductor (Latvian Opera and Ballet Theater, 1936-49; LPSR Radio Symphony, 1949-75), composer, and pedagogue, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 2001)
• 1906-12-09 Greet Koeman, Dutch opera soprano, born in Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands (d. 1961)
• 1907-01-17 Henk Badings, Dutch opera composer (Orestes), born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 1987)
• 1907-01-18 Janos Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (Budapest Opera), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1984)
• 1907-02-17 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American operatic soprano (Wagner; Interrupted Melody), born in Deans Marsh, Australia (d. 1979)
• 1907-02-20 Nadine Conner [Henderson], American operatic soprano (Carmen; The Magic Flute - "Pamina"), born in Compton, California (d. 2003)
• 1907-09-23 Jarmila Novotná, Czech-American soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-56), and actress (The Search), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1994)
• 1907-12-09 Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, born in Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany (d. 1996)
• 1908-04-05 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony, 1950-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1958-69), and educator, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1985)
• 1908-06-07 Boris Goldovsky, Russian-American conductor, educator (Tangle wood, 1942-62), and opera broadcast commentator (Metropolitan Opera, 1946-85), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2001)
• 1908-07-01 Peter Anders, German opera singer, born in Essen, Germany (d. 1954)
• 1908-08-06 George Singer, Czech-Israeli pianist, composer, and opera conductor (Hamburg Staatsoper; Israeli Opera), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1980)
• 1909-01-19 Hans Hotter, German operatic bass-baritone, born in Offenbach, Germany (d. 2003)
• 1909-06-22 Katherine Dunham, American dancer (Casbah; Stormy Weather), choreographer (Metroplitan Opera, 1963; Joplin's Treemonisha, 1972), and social activist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
• 1909-07-25 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian opera conductor, musicologist, pianist and composer, born in Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
• 1910-02-17 Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer, and conductor (Romanian National Opera, 1944-63), and teacher, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1966)
• 1910-06-22 Peter Pears, British operatic tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)
• 1910-06-24 Denis Dowling, New Zealand-born British operatic baritone, born in Ranfurly, South Island (d. 1996)
• 1910-07-20 Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra, 1956-66), opera director and educator (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1966-92), and composer, born in Prerov, Moravia (d. 2004)

• 1910-08-06 Friedrich Schröder, Swiss light classical, operetta, schlager, and film score composer, born in Nafels, Switzerland (d. 1972)
• 1910-08-12 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss opera composer (Romeo und Julia; Raskolnikov; Das Flaschenteufel), born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland (d. 1995)
• 1911-01-22 Suzanne Danco, Belgian operatic soprano singer, born in Brussels (d. 2000)
• 1911-02-02 Jussi Bjorling, Swedish operatic tenor, born in Borlänge, Sweden (d. 1960)
• 1911-03-03 Francesco Siciliani, Italian opera impresario (La Scala; San Carlo; Le Fenice), and composer (Fragments From the Canticle of Canticles), born in Perugia, Italy (d. 1996)
• 1911-04-01 Günther Rennert, German film and opera director and administrator, born in Essen, Germany (d. 1978)
• 1911-04-21 Leonard Warren [Warenoff], American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1939-60) who died on stage, born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1960)
• 1912-01-07 Günter Wand, German conductor (Cologne Opera and Gürzenich Orchestra, 1948-74; NDR Symphony, 1982-90), and composer, born in Elberfeld, Germany (d. 2002)
• 1912-06-09 Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), born in Cardiganshire (d. 2007)
• 1912-06-19 Virginia MacWatters, American broadway and operatic soprano, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
• 1912-08-10 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist, conductor, and composer (Rembrandt Cantata; Shadow Out of Time), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1988)
• 1913-02-17 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera, 1944-65), born in Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2009)
• 1913-04-16 Constance Shacklock, English opera singer, born in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (d. 1999)
• 1913-06-11 Risë Stevens [Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 - "Carmen"), vocal coach, and arts administrator, born in the Bronx, NYC (d. 2013)
• 1913-07-10 Ljuba Welitsch, Bulgarian Austrian opera soprano (Pagliacci- "Nedda"), born in Borisovo, Bulgaria (d. 1996)
• 1913-08-13 Ladislav Holoubek, Slovak conductor (Košice Opera, 1966-81), and composer (Rodina), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1994)
• 1913-08-28 Richard Tucker [Rivn Ticker], American tenor (New York Metroploitan Opera, 1945-75), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1975)
• 1913-12-23 Leo Ketelaars, Dutch violinist and baritone oratorio vocalist, born in Maasniel, Netherlands (d. 1992)
• 1914-05-18 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria Italian bass opera singer (Boris Godunov), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (d. 1993)

• 1914-05-25 Dorothy Sarnoff, American operatic soprano, Broadway actress (Rosalinda), author and pioneer of the self-help movement (Speech Can Change Your Life, Speech Dynamics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
• 1914-06-05 Rose Hill, British stage and screen actress ('Allo 'Allo!; Nicholas Nickleby; Shot in the Dark), and lyric soprano (The Beggar's Opera), born in London, England (d. 2003)
• 1914-06-26 Wolfgang Windgassen, German operatic tenor (Stuttgart Opera), born in Annemasse, France (d. 1974)
• 1914-07-17 Eleanor Steber, American soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-66), born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1990)
• 1914-08-13 Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer, born in Irun, Spain (d. 1970)
• 1915-07-27 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1982)
• 1915-09-04 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986)
• 1916-01-03 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), born in Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela (d. 1988)
• 1916-01-29 Kyra Vayne [Knopmuss], English stage and opera soprano, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 2001)
• 1916-02-13 John Reed, British comic actor and singer (Gilbert & Sullivan; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1951-79), born in Close House, Durham, England (d. 2010)
• 1916-04-14 Emerson Buckley, American conductor (Greater Miami Opera, 1950-86), born in New York City (d. 1989)
• 1916-06-16 Francis Lopez, Basque-French chanson and operetta composer (La Belle de Cadiz; Andalousie; The Three Musketeers), born in Montbeliard, France (d. 1995)
• 1917-01-05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director, born in Bayreuth, Germany (d. 1966)
• 1917-06-04 Robert Merrill [Moishe Miller], American operatic baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1945-76), and actor, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2004)
• 1917-08-17 Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese operatic soprano and pedagogue (Shanghai Conservatory, 1949-65 and 1970-78), born in Wuhan, China (d. 2016)
• 1917-09-18 Ande Anderson, English opera director, born in South Shields (d. 1996)

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Deaths 201 - 300 of 499

• 1966-06-12 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81
• 1966-10-17 Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
• 1967-01-03 Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
• 1967-01-15 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, dies at 86
• 1967-11-27 (Héctor) Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer (Aurora; Bizancio). and opera conductor, dies at 92
• 1968-09-06 Karl Rankl, Austrian-born British composer and conductor (Covent Garden Opera Company), dies at 69
• 1968-10-25 Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), dies at 83
• 1969-01-10 John Brownlee, Australian operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-57), dies at 69
• 1969-02-02 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian operatic spinto tenor singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1913-45), dies at 83
• 1969-04-02 Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
• 1969-06-05 Renaat Veremans, Flemish organist, composer, and conductor (Flemish Opera, Antwerp, 1921-44), dies at 75
• 1969-12-10 Franco Capuana, Itlalian opera conductor, dies of a heart attack on the podium while leading a performance of Gioachino Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" in Naples, at 75
• 1969-12-31 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian operatic bass buffo singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-62), and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), dies at 69
• 1970-02-11 Emil Abranyi, Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director, dies at 87
• 1970-07-29 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, dies at 69
• 1970-12-23 Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), dies at 52

• 1971-06-26 Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies
• 1971-07-25 Leroy Robertson, American pianist, composer ("Oratorio from the Book of Mormon"; "Trilogy for Orchestra"), and educator (Brigham Young, 1925-48; University of Utah, 1948-62), dies at 74
• 1972-07-09 Robert Weede [Wiedefeld], American operatic and musical theater baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-48; The Most Happy Fella), dies at 69
• 1973-04-16 István Kertész, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor, dies at 43
• 1973-04-20 Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (co-author of The Threepenny Opera), dies at 75
• 1973-09-21 William Plomer, South African-British libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
• 1973-11-23 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), dies at 73
• 1974-01-13 Raoul Jobin, French-Canadian operatic tenor (1930-58), and educator (Conservatoire de musique du Québec, 1960-71), dies at 69
• 1974-01-15 Karel Salmon [Karl Salomon], Israeli operatic bass-baritone singer, composer, and conductor, dies at 76
• 1975-01-03 Milton Cross, American radio announcer (Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, 1931-75), dies of a heart attack at 87
• 1975-01-11 Max Lorenz [Sülzenfuss], German operatic heldentenor famous for Wagner roles, dies at 73
• 1975-02-16 (Adanelle) "Norman" Treigle, American operatic bass-baritone, dies of an accidental sleeping pill overdose at 47
• 1975-09-10 Hans Swarowsky, Austrian pianist, conductor (Graz Opera, 1947-50), and educator (Vienna Music Academy, 1949-75), dies at 75
• 1975-09-14 Walter Herbert [Seligmann], German-American conductor, impresario (Houston Grand Opera, 1955- 72; San Diego Opera, 1965-77), and world champion bridge player, dies at 77
• 1976-02-13 Alice "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies of pancreatic cancer at 77

• 1976-09-20 Johan Boskamp, Dutch opera singer and actor, dies at 85
• 1976-09-30 Louis Fourestier, French cellist, composer (Polynice; Patria), conductor (Paris Opera, 1938-65), and pedagogue (Paris Conservatoire, 1945-65), dies at 84
• 1978-04-05 Carlo Tagliabue, Italian operatic baritone, (La Scala, 1930-55), dies at 80
• 1978-07-31 Günther Rennert, German film and opera director and producer, dies of a lung embolism at 67
• 1979-01-13 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian operatic soprano who specialized in Wagnerian roles, dies of heart failure at 71
• 1979-01-15 Euphemia Giannini Gregory, Italian-American opera singer and educator (Curtis Institute), dies at 83
• 1980-03-13 Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish opera composer dies at 61
• 1981-05-25 Rosa Ponselle [Ponzillo], American soprano opera diva ("Casta Diva"; La Forza del Destino - "Leonora"; Metropolitan Opera, 1918-37), dies at 84
• 1981-12-02 Wallace Harrison, American architect (Metropolitan Opera House, United Nations complex), dies at 86
• 1982-05-26 Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer, dies at 97
• 1982-07-10 Maria Jeritza [Marie Jedličková], Czech soprano, known as the Moravian Thunderbolt (Vienna Opera, 1912-34, 1953-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1921-32, 1951); dies at 94
• 1982-08-28 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
• 1982-10-12 (Christiann) "Chris"Reumer, Dutch operatic tenor, dies at 73
• 1982-10-16 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), dies at 67
• 1983-06-02 Donald Gramm, American concert and opera bass-baritone, dies of a heart attack at 56

• 1983-09-24 Isobel Baillie, Scottish oratorio singer, dies at 88
• 1984-07-17 J Delos Jewkes, American light opera, vaudeville, choral (Mormon Tabernacle), film and television bass singer, and actor (Stars And Stripes Forever; The Music Man; The Andy Griffith Show), dies of a heart attack at 89
• 1984-10-24 Walter Woolf King, American stage and screen baritone, character actor (Golden Dawn; A Night at the Opera; Swiss Miss), and actor's agent, dies of a heart attack at 84
• 1985-03-07 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony, 1950-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1958-69), and educator, dies at 76
• 1985-10-17 Joseph Rosenstock, American conductor (NY City Opera), dies at 90
• 1985-10-22 Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian operatic soprano, dies at 91
• 1986-06-29 Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American dramatic soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1935-42), and teacher, dies at 83
• 1986-08-13 Caterina Jarboro, African-American opera singer and 1st black female performer to sing on opera stage in US, dies at 88
• 1986-11-13 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, dies at 71
• 1986-12-15 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), dies at 81
• 1987-05-22 Mario Zafred, Italian composer, and opera director dies at 65
• 1987-06-26 Henk Badings, Dutch opera composer (Orestes), dies at 80
• 1987-07-07 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), dies at 68
• 1988-01-29 Bantcho Bantchevsky, Bulgarian-American singer, commits suicide during a performance of at the Metropolitan Opera at 81
• 1988-04-30 James McCracken, American operatic tenor (Otello), dies at 61
• 1988-07-22 Luigi Lucioni, Italian-American landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
• 1988-08-11 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, French opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
• 1988-10-26 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist, conductor, and composer (Rembrandt Cantata; Shadow Out of Time), dies at 76
• 1988-11-26 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), dies at 72

• 1989-05-30 Zinka Milanov (née Kunc), Croatian soprano (Ljubljana Opera 1927-34; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1937-66), dies of a stroke at 83
• 1989-06-04 Václav Kašlík, Czech opera composer (Krakatit), conductor, and director, dies at 71
• 1989-07-22 Martti Talvela, Finnish operatic bass (Bayreuth, 1960-85 ; Metropolitan Opera, 1968–87), dies of a heart attack while dancing at his daughter's wedding at 54 [1]
• 1989-11-17 Emerson Buckley, American conductor (Greater Miami Opera, 1950-86), dies at 73
• 1989-12-05 John Pritchard, British conductor (Cologne Opera, 1978-8; San Francisco Opera, 1986-89), dies of lung cancer at 68
• 1990-06-16 Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, dies at 98
• 1991-11-06 André Vandernoot, Flemish flautist and conductor (Royal Flemish Opera, 1959-73), dies at 64
• 1991-12-22 Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American concert, opera, and electronic music composer (Johnny Spielt Auf: Orpheus and Eurydike; Fibonacci-Mobile), dies at 91
• 1992-05-02 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
• 1992-05-17 Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser], American operatic tenor, dies at 71
• 1992-11-18 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), dies from stroke at 82
• 1993-06-28 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria Italian bass opera singer (Boris Godunov), dies at 79
• 1993-10-11 Jess Thomas, American tenor known for his singing in Richard Wagner operas, dies at 66
• 1993-11-16 Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
• 1994-02-09 Jarmila Novotná, Czech-American soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-56), and actress (The Search), dies at 86
• 1994-08-18 Gottlob Frick, German opera singer, dies at 88
• 1994-09-04 Ladislav Holoubek, Slovak conductor (Košice Opera, 1966-81), and composer (Rodina), dies at 81
• 1994-09-29 John Heddle Nash, English operatic singer, dies at 68
• 1994-11-05 McHenry Boatwright, American operatic singer (Clarence Cameron White's "Ouanga"; Dave Brubeck's "The Gates of Justice"), dies of cancerat 66

• 1995-01-05 Francis Lopez, Basque-French chanson and operetta composer (La Belle de Cadiz; Andalousie; The Three Musketeers), dies at 78
• 1995-01-14 Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, dies at 68
• 1995-03-11 Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69
• 1995-03-18 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss opera composer (Romeound Julia; Raskolnikov; Das Flaschenteufel), dies at 84
• 1995-06-19 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, dies at 71
• 1995-07-16 Charles Bruck, Hungarian-French-American conductor (Dutch Opera, 1950-54; Strasbourg Philharmonic, 1955–65), and Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, 1965–70), dies of cancer at 83
• 1996-01-25 Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, dies at 68
• 1996-02-05 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian opera conductor, musicologist, pianist and composer, dies at 86
• 1996-03-08 Paul Harrhy, actor and opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
• 1996-04-08 (Charles) Donald Adams, British bass-baritone opera singer (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,; Gilbert and Sullivan For All), dies of a brain tumor at 67
• 1996-04-08 Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, dies at 86
• 1996-06-19 Ande Anderson, English opera director, dies at 78
• 1996-06-25 Nicholas John, English National Opera's dramaturge, dies at 43
• 1996-07-12 Gottfried von Einem, Austrian composer, mainly of opera (Der Prozeß - The Trial), dies at 78
• 1996-08-01 John Lanigan, Australian operatic tenor (Covent Garden), dies at 75
• 1996-08-25 Sylvia Fisher, Australian operatic soprano (Albert Herring Opera), dies at 86

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