Opera in History (Part 4)

Events 301 - 400 of 515

• 1915-01-25 Giordano, Sardou & Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gêne" premieres in NYC
• 1915-09-29 Dutch Opera's 1st performance
• 1916-01-28 Opera "Goyescas" premieres in New York City

• 1917-03-19 Victor Herbert and Harry Blossom's operetta "Eileen", loosely based on a novel by Herbert's grandfather, premieres at Shubert Theater, New York City

• 1919-04-19 André Messager's romantic opera "Monsieur Beaucaire", based on Booth Tarkington's novel, opens at the Prince's Theatre in London, England
• 1919-10-07 Fritz Kreisler, Victor Jacobi, and William LeBaron's operetta "Apple Blossoms" opens at the Globe Theatre, NYC; runs for 256 performances

• 1920-04-24 Fritz Kreisler, Victor Jacobi, and William LeBaron's operetta "Apple Blossoms" closes at the Globe Theatre, NYC;, after 256 performances

• 1922-10-22 Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, NY, named after a knight in Wagner's opera

• 1924-09-02 Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's operetta "Rose-Marie" opens to rave reviews at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 577 performances
• 1924-10-14 Arnold Schoeberg's opera "Die Gluckliche Hand" premieres in Vienna
• 1925-01-14 Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck" premieres in Berlin
• 1925-04-23 1st London performance of Franz Lehár’s operetta "Frasquita" staged
• 1925-10-15 Willem Landré's opera "Beatrice" premieres in The Hague
• 1925-12-14 Alban Berg's first opera, "Wozzeck" premieres at the Berlin State Opera.
• 1926-04-25 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan

• 1927-01-21 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
• 1927-02-17 Deems Taylor's opera "The King's Henchman", with libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC
• 1927-02-21 Franz Lehár's opera "Der Zarewitsch" premieres
• 1927-04-22 Roger Sessions' 1st Symphony in E premieres with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra

• 1929-04-04 Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II's operetta "The New Moon" opens at the Drury Lane Theatre in London's West End

• 1930-03-09 Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's satirical opera "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" premieres in Leipzig, Germany

• 1931-02-07 American opera "Peter Ibbetson" by Deems Taylor premieres at Metropolitan Opera, New York City
• 1931-09-17 Operetta "Viktoria & Her Hussar" by Paul Abraham (adapted for English by Harry Graham) premieres in London at Palace Theatre
• 1931-11-11 Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building in San Francisco, California
• 1931-12-25 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
• 1933-03-23 Kroll Opera in Berlin, Germany opens
• 1933-07-01 Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres at the Semperoper Opera House in Dresden, Germany
• 1933-07-22 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US
• 1934-01-22 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" debuts in Leningrad
• 1934-01-24 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" is performed in Moscow; roundly criticized by the Communist Party and banned in the Soviet Union until 1961

• 1934-02-20 Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's opera "Four Saints in Three Acts" opens on Broadway at the 44th Street Theatre, NYC
• 1934-05-25 Béla Bartók's "Cantata Profana - The Nine Enchanted Stags" premieres in London, England, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Wireless Chorus conducted by Aylmer Buesst
• 1934-10-20 Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" (The Silent Woman)

• 1935-11-15 "A Night at the Opera", comedy film directed by Sam Wood, starring the Marx Brothers, is released

• 1936-01-28 Pravda criticizes Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District"
• 1936-05-12 Ralph Vaughan Williams' opera "Poisoned Kiss" premieres in London
• 1937-06-08 "Carmina Burana", the first work of Carl Orff's Trionfi cantata trilogy, premieres at the Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany
• 1938-05-12 Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel's oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher" (Joan of Arc at the Stake) premieres in Basel, Switzerland

• 1939-03-23 1st performance of Béla Bartók's 2nd Violin Concerto at the Concertgebow, Amsterdam with Zoltán Székely on violin and Willem Mengelberg conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra
• 1940-03-10 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC: Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci"
• 1940-04-16 Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht" premieres in Rio de Janeiro

• 1942-07-18 1st performances of "Chôros No. 6" and "Chôros No. 11" by Heitor Villa-Lobos, with the composer conducting Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 1943-04-28 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"
• 1943-11-06 "Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus)", the second work of Carl Orff's Trionfi cantata trilogy premieres at the Leipzig Opera
• 1943-12-23 Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel & Gretel" becomes 1st complete opera to be telecast (WGRB, Schenectady, New York)

• 1944-03-05 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony by the National Symphony, in Washington, D.C.
• 1944-03-19 British composer Michael Tippett's oratorio "A Child of Our Time" premieres at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England
• 1945-06-05 Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes" premieres in London

• 1946-07-12 Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia" premieres at Glyndebourne Opera Festival
• 1946-09-05 "Yours Is My Heart", an adaptation of Franz Lehar's operetta "The Land of Smiles", opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 36 performances
• 1946-09-17 Arthur Kay's musical revue of highlights from Victor Herbert operettas "Gypsy Lady" opens at Century Theater, NYC; runs for 79 performances
• 1946-11-23 Arthur Kay's musical revue of highlights from Victor Herbert operettas "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater, NYC, after 79 performances
• 1947-01-04 Revival of Victor Herbert's operetta "The Red Mill" closes at 46th Street Theater, NYC, after 531 performances
• 1947-02-18 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone" premieres in NYC
• 1947-08-06 1st performance of Hector Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8"
• 1947-09-27 Revival of Victor Herbert's 1913 operetta "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater, NYC. after 288 performances
• 1948-05-24 Benjamin Britten's "Beggar's Opera" premieres at Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England
• 1948-07-18 Emmerich Kálmán's dramatic operetta "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater (later transferring to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre), NYC; runs for 168 performances
• 1948-09-20 Heitor Villa-Lobos' folk operetta "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 88 performances
• 1948-10-16 Revival of Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom's operetta "The Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; rums for 831 performances
• 1948-11-29 1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Metropolitain Opera House in New York City
• 1948-12-04 Heitor Villa-Lobos' folk operetta "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 88 performances
• 1948-12-08 Emmerich Kálmán's dramatic operetta "Marinka" closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (after transfer from Winter Garden Theater), NYC. after 168 performances
• 1948-12-29 Benjamin Britten's opera "The Rape of Lucretia" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 23 performances
• 1949-01-16 Benjamin Britten's chamber opera "The Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 23 performances

• 1949-10-09 English ballerina Margot Fonteyn debuts in America with her performance in Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
• 1949-11-15 Dmitri Shostakovich' oratorio "Song of the Forests" premieres in Leningrad, USSR
• 1950-03-15 Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize winning opera "The Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 269 performances
• 1950-05-09 Norman Dello Joio's opera, "The Triumph of St. Joan", premieres in Bronxville, New York
• 1950-05-12 Darius Milhaud's opera "Bolivar" premieres in Paris
• 1950-10-27 Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony, "Three Mysteries," 1st performance with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
• 1950-12-13 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
• 1950-12-16 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 1951-03-30 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony commissioned to mark the University of Minnesota's centennial, debuts by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti conducting
• 1951-09-11 Igor Stravinsky's opera "The Rake's Progress", with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
• 1951-11-13 Janet Collins is the first 1st African-American dancer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production of Aida

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Birthdays 301 - 400 of 609

• 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)
• 1917-09-28 Václav Kašlík, Czech opera composer (Krakatit), conductor, and director, born in Poličná, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1989)
• 1918-03-22 Tauno Pylkkanen, Finnish opera composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1980)
• 1918-04-03 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2005)
• 1918-04-09 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2008)
• 1918-04-25 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1941-56), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2006)
• 1918-11-20 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), born in Spišský Štiavnik, Slovakia (d. 1987)
• 1919-02-02 Lisa Della Casa, Swiss operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1953-67), born in Burgdorf, Switzerland (d. 2012)
• 1919-04-04 Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957), born in London (d. 1987)
• 1919-07-10 Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer ("Gendarmes' Duet"), and broadcaster (BBC's My Music, 1964-97), born in London, England (d. 2009)
• 1919-09-11 Margaret Tynes, American child prodigy and international opera singer, born in Saluda, Virginia (d. 2024)
• 1919-10-18 Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, born in Danville, Virginia (d. 2012)
• 1919-11-14 Lisa Otto, German soprano (Berlin State Opera, 1951-85), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2013)
• 1919-12-03 Charles Craig, English operatic tenor, born in London (d. 1997)

• 1920-01-19 Luciano Chailly, Italian opera composer (L'Idiota) and artistic director (La Scala), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 2002)
• 1920-02-29 Ivan Petrov [Krauze], Russian-Soviet operatic bass (Bolshoi Theatre, 1942-70), and educator, born in Irkutsk, Siberia (d. 2003)
• 1921-01-07 John Lanigan, Australian operatic tenor (Covent Garden), born in Seddon, Victoria (d. 1996)
• 1921-01-09 Seymour Barab, American cellist (Philip Glass Ensemble), and composer of fairy tale operas (Little Red Riding Hood), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
• 1921-02-05 John Pritchard, British conductor (Cologne Opera, 1978-89; San Francisco Opera, 1986-89), born in Walthamstow, Essex, England (d. 1989)
• 1921-03-06 Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (NYC Opera, 1944-79), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2014)
• 1921-03-19 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film "Porgy and Bess"), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 2006) [1]
• 1921-03-21 Antony Hopkins [Reynolds], British composer, pianist, conductor (Intimate Opera Company, 1954-62), writer, and radio broadcaster (Talking About Music, 1954-92), born in London, England (d. 2014)
• 1921-07-15 Jack Beeson, American classical pianist and opera composer (Lizzie Borden; Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines ), born in Muncie, Indiana (d. 2010)
• 1921-07-24 Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor, born in Motta Sant'Anastasia, Catania, Sicily (d. 2008)
• 1921-08-14 Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera and theatre director, born in Barcola, Trieste, Italy (d. 1997)
• 1921-11-08 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American operatic bass (I am The Way), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2003)
• 1921-11-09 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2011)
• 1921-12-03 Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (NYC Opera, 1953-64), born in Clarksburg, West Virginia (d. 2016)
• 1922-01-18 Antonio Bibalo, Italian-Norwegian pianist, contemporary classical and opera composer (The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder ; Ghosts), born in Trieste, Italy (d. 2008)

• 1922-02-12 Elisabeth Carron, American soprano ("The Saint of Bleecker Street"; New York City Opera, 1958-73), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2016)
• 1922-02-16 Geraint Evans, Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (Das Knaben Wunderhorn), born in Cilfynydd, Wales (d. 1992)
• 1922-03-02 Mario Zafred, Italian composer, music critic, and opera director, born in Trieste, Italy (d. 1987)
• 1922-04-27 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice), born in London, England (d. 2013)
• 1922-09-20 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, born in Fairfield, Connecticut (d. 2012)
• 1922-10-27 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)
• 1923-01-08 Giorgio Tozzi, American operatic bass (dubbed vocals of Emile de Becque for "South Pacific" film), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
• 1923-02-07 George Lascelles, English Earl of Harewood, Director of the Royal Opera House, born in London, England (d. 2011)
• 1923-02-10 Cesare Siepi, Italian operatic basso (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-74), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2010)
• 1923-02-22 Gigliola Frazzoni, Italian operatic soprano, born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2016)
• 1923-11-01 Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan operatic lyric soprano, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2005)
• 1923-12-16 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, born in Bocholt, Germany (d. 2001)
• 1923-12-25 Louis Lane, American conductor (Akron, 1959-83; Lake Erie Opera, 1964-72), and educator (Cleveland Institute, 1982-2004), born in Eagle Pass, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1924-01-03 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2005)
• 1924-02-02 (Elfriede) "Elfi" von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American opera singer, pianist, vocal coach, and film producer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2007)

• 1924-02-26 Mark Bucci, American opera, theater, and film composer and lyricist (1959 Arts & Letters Award), born in New York City (d. 2002)
• 1924-02-27 Heimo Erbse, German concert, opera, and theater composer (Julietta), born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 2005)
• 1924-03-06 Sarah Caldwell, American conductor and opera director (Flagstaff), born in Maryville, Missouri (d. 2006)
• 1924-03-29 Andrew Frierson, pioneering African American opera singer, born in Columbia, Tennessee (d. 2018)
• 1924-04-03 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, born in Bishopton, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
• 1924-04-25 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, conductor, classical concert, opera, and film score composer (Death in Venice; Il diavolo in giardino), born in Palermo, Italy (d. 2005)
• 1924-07-13 Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, born in Vidalenzo, Italy (d. 2014)
• 1924-08-14 Georges Prêtre, French classical and opera conductor known for interpretation of Poulenc, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
• 1924-08-19 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
• 1924-09-25 Norman Ayrton, British actor and opera director (Royal Shakespearean Academy, born in London (d. 2017)
• 1924-12-16 Mildred Miller (Posvar, née Müller), American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1951-74; The Marriage of Figaro - "Cherubino"), and artistic director (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, 1978-99), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2023)
• 1924-12-22 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), born in New York City (d. 2017)
• 1925-01-14 Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
• 1925-01-17 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2009)
• 1925-03-01 Lusine Amara, American concert and operas soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1950-91), born in Hartford, Connecticut [sources vary for birth year, 1924-27]
• 1925-03-28 Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian baritone (1951-88), opera director State Opera, 1975-88), and parliamentarian, born in Mămăești, Romania (d. 2016)
• 1925-04-04 (Huberdina) "Erna" Spoorenberg, Dutch soprano (Vienna State Opera, De Nederlandse Opera), and voice teacher, born in Yogyakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) (d. 2004)
• 1925-04-26 Wilma Lipp, Austrian soprano (Vienna Opera, 1945-81; Mozart's Die Zauberflöte - "Queen of the Night"), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2019)
• 1925-05-14 Patrice Munsel [Munsil], American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1943-58; Patrice Munsel Show), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2016)

• 1925-05-20 Chester Ludgin, American operatic baritone (New York City Opera, 1957-91; San Francisco Opera, 1962-85), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2003) [1]
• 1925-07-11 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish opera tenor (Opera Two to Six), born in Stockholm (d. 2017)
• 1925-11-04 Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2018)
• 1926-01-01 Richard Verreau, French-Canadian operatic tenor, born in Château-Richer, Québec (d. 2005)
• 1926-02-11 Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1995)
• 1926-02-23 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), born in Marseille, France (d. 2007)
• 1926-06-11 Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer (Susanna; Prince of Players), born in Latta, South Carolina (d. 2021)
• 1926-10-25 Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer (Britten's "War Requiem"), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2012)
• 1926-10-29 Jon Vickers, Canadian operatic tenor (Covent Garden, 1957-87; New York Metropolitan Opera, 1960-87), born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (d. 2015)
• 1926-12-16 James McCracken, American operatic tenor (Otello), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 1988)

• 1927-02-11 Michel Sénéchal, French operatic tenor, and educator, born in Paris (d. 2018)
• 1927-02-26 Donald Gramm, American concert and opera bass-baritone, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1983)
• 1927-03-06 (Adanelle) "Norman" Treigle, American operatic bass-baritone, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1975)
• 1927-04-17 Graziella Sciutti, Italian operatic soprano, teacher, and opera producer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 2001) [1]
• 1927-06-02 André Vandernoot, Flemish flautist and conductor (Royal Flemish Opera, 1959-73), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1991)
• 1927-07-02 Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1996)
• 1927-07-20 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor (Frankfurt Opera, 1967-87); Cincinnati Symphony, 1980-86); Southwest German Radio Symphony, 1986-99), and composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2019)
• 1927-08-04 Jess Thomas, American tenor known for his singing in Richard Wagner operas, born in Hot Springs, South Dakota (d. 1993)
• 1927-10-14 (Ione) "Joyce" Bryant, American cabaret artist (Drunk With Love), missionary, schoolteacher, and opera singer, born in Oakland, California (d. 2022) [1]
• 1927-11-08 Ivo Vinco, Italian operatic bass singer, born in Verona, Italy (d. 2014)
• 1927-11-18 Lawrence Moss, American contemporary classical, opera, and electronic music composer, and educator, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
• 1927-11-24 Alfredo Kraus, Spanish bel canto tenor (Massenet - "Werther"; La Scala; New York Metroplolitan Opera, 1966-94), born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands (d. 1999)
• 1927-12-24 Teresa Stich-Randall, American soprano (Vienna State Opera), born in New Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2007)
• 1928-01-02 Alberto Zedda, Italian opera conductor and musicologist, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2017)
• 1928-01-20 Robert Satanowski, Polish opera conductor and general, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1997)
• 1928-02-29 McHenry Boatwright, American operatic singer, born in Tennille, Georgia (d. 1994)
• 1928-03-16 Christa Ludwig, German soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1955-94; Metropolitan Opera, 1959-93), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2021)
• 1928-03-30 John Heddle Nash, Britiish lyric tenor, born in London, England (d. 1994)
• 1928-04-14 Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor (Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 1981-96), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2017)
• 1928-05-25 Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, and musical director (Hungarian National Theater, 1951-66; Budapest Operetta, 1974-79), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2007)
• 1928-10-17 Ivan Marinov, Bulgarian orchestral and opera conductor, composer, and pedagogue, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2003)
• 1928-11-14 Leopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek, Austrian dramatic soprano (Vienna State Opera 1954-96; Metropolitan Opera, 1959-96), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1998)
• 1928-12-20 Charles Donald Adams, British bass-baritone opera singer (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,; Gilbert and Sullivan For All), born in Bristol, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
• 1929-01-10 Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone, born in London (d. 2012)

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Deaths 301 - 400 of 500

• 1996-08-25 Sylvia Fisher, Australian operatic soprano (Albert Herring Opera), dies at 86
• 1996-09-02 Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83
• 1996-09-23 Denis Dowling, New Zealand-born British operatic baritone, dies at 86
• 1996-10-17 Berthold Goldschmidt, German-British opera composer (Beatrice Cenci), dies at 93
• 1996-10-24 Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), dies at 53
• 1996-11-26 Dame Joan Hood Hammond, Australian operatic soprano, dies at 84
• 1996-12-17 Francesco Siciliani, Italian opera administrator, dies at 85
• 1996-12-31 Frederico Davia, opera singer, dies at 63
• 1997-01-23 Charles Craig, English opera singer, dies at 77
• 1997-02-23 Oscar Lewenstein, British theater impresario (Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera), and film producer (The Knack ...and How to Get It), dies of heart failure at 80
• 1997-08-09 Robert Satanowski, Polish opera conductor and general, dies at 79
• 1997-09-02 Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born opera impresario (NY Metropolitan Opera manager, 1950-72), dies of complication of Alzheimer's disease and respiratory failure at 95
• 1997-12-25 Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera and theatre director, dies at 76
• 1998-03-07 Leopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek, Austrian dramatic soprano (Vienna State Opera 1954-96; Metropolitan Opera, 1959-96), dies of bone cancer at 71
• 1998-06-03 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), dies at 75
• 1999-09-10 Alfredo Kraus, Spanish bel canto operatic tenor, dies at 71

• 2000-10-27 Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone singer, dies of a heart attack at 71
• 2000-11-30 Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian organist, composer (Ugunī; New Brunswick Rhapsody), and conductor (Latvian National Opera, 1933–1944), dies at 96
• 2001-01-12 Kyra Vayne [Knopmuss], English stage and opera soprano, dies at 84
• 2001-02-15 Boris Goldovsky, Russian-American conductor, educator (Tanglewood, 1942-62), and opera broadcast commentator (Metropolitan Opera, 1946-85), dies at 92
• 2001-04-09 Graziella Sciutti, Italian operatic soprano, teacher, and opera producer, dies at 64 [1]
• 2001-07-20 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
• 2001-12-23 Leonid Wīgner, Latvian conductor (Latvian Opera and Ballet Theater, 1936-49; LPSR Radio Symphony, 1949-75), composer, and pedagogue, dies at 95
• 2002-02-09 Vicente Sardinero, Spanish operatic lyric baritone, dies at 65
• 2002-03-23 Eileen Farrell, American soprano (I Got A Right To Sing The Blues; Metropolitan Opera, 1960-66) and film voice (Interrupted Melody), dies at 82
• 2002-08-22 Mark Bucci, American opera, theater, and film composer and lyricist (1959 Arts & Letters Award), dies at 78
• 2002-10-14 Norbert Schultze, German songwriter (Lili Marleen), opera and film score composer and reformed propagandist, dies at 91
• 2002-12-24 Luciano Chailly, Italian opera composer (L'Idiota) and artistic director (La Scala), dies at 82
• 2003-02-04 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American operatic bass (I am The Way), dies at 81
• 2003-02-26 Ivan Marinov, Bulgarian orchestral and opera conductor, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 74
• 2003-03-05 Gerhard Rosenfeld, German opera and film score composer, dies at 72

• 2003-06-11 William Marshall, American stage and screen actor, director, and operatic singer (Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman; Blacula; Scream Blacula Scream), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 78
• 2003-08-09 Chester Ludgin, American operatic baritone (New York City Opera, 1957-91; San Francisco Opera, 1962-85), dies of cancer at 78 [1]
• 2003-12-06 Hans Hotter, German operatic bass-baritone, dies at 94
• 2003-12-22 Rose Hill, British actress and operatic soprano ('Allo 'Allo!, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark), dies at 89
• 2003-12-26 Ivan Petrov [Krauze], Russian-Soviet operatic bass (Bolshoi Theatre, 1942-70), and educator, dies at 83
• 2004-03-16 Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra, 1956-66), opera director and educator (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1966-92), and composer, dies at 93
• 2004-03-18 (Huberdina) "Erna" Spoorenberg, Dutch soprano (Vienna State Opera, De Nederlandse Opera), and voice teacher, dies at 78
• 2004-06-02 Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian operatic basso singer, dies of a heart attack at 74
• 2004-06-26 Eskil Hemberg, Swedish composer, conductor (Stockholm University Chorus, 1959-84), and artistic director (Royal Swedish Opera, 1987-96), dies at 66
• 2004-08-15 Semiha Berksoy, Turkish operatic soprano (Istanbul Opera, 1940-72), dies of heart surgery complications at 94
• 2004-10-23 Robert Merrill [Moishe Miller], American operatic baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1945-76), and actor, dies at 87
• 2005-01-13 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), dies at 81
• 2005-01-15 Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan operatic lyric soprano, dies at 81
• 2005-01-24 June Bronhill, Australian stage and opera singer, dies at 75
• 2005-02-01 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, conductor, classical concert, opera, and film score composer (Death in Venice; Il diavolo in giardino), dies at 80

• 2005-02-13 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), dies at 86
• 2005-02-21 Ara Berberian, American opera bass singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-97), dies at 74
• 2005-06-11 Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
• 2005-08-21 Martin Dillon, American opera singer, dies of cardiac arrest at 48
• 2005-09-22 Heimo Erbse, German concert, opera, and theater composer (Julietta). dies at 81
• 2005-12-25 (Märta) Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome), dies at 87
• 2006-03-23 Sarah Caldwell, American conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), dies at 82
• 2006-05-21 Katherine Dunham, American dancer (Casbah; Stormy Weather), choreographer (Metroplitan opera, 1963; Joplin's Treemonisha, 1972), and social activist, dies at 96
• 2006-07-03 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American violist and operatic mezzo-soprano, dies of cancer at 52
• 2006-09-04 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Met Opera 1941-56), dies at 88
• 2006-11-24 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film "Porgy and Bess"), dies at 85 [1]
• 2007-02-22 Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), dies at 94
• 2007-03-07 Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, and musical director (Hungarian National Theater, 1951-66; Budapest Operetta, 1974-79). dies at 78
• 2007-07-02 Beverly Sills [Belle Miriam Silverman], American operatic soprano, dies of lung cancer at 78
• 2007-07-05 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), dies of liver cancer at 80
• 2007-07-18 Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, dies of an air rifle inflicted brain injury at 55
• 2007-08-15 Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor (Canadian Opera Company, 1989-2007), dies of a heart attack at 63

• 2007-10-02 (Elfriede) "Elfi" von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American opera singer, pianist, vocal coach, and film producer, dies of heart failure at 83
• 2008-01-13 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian operatic tenor, dies at 51
• 2008-03-03 Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor, dies at 86
• 2008-06-20 Antonio Bibalo, Italian-Norwegian pianist, contemporary classical and opera composer (The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder; Ghosts), dies at 86
• 2008-07-27 Horst Stein, German conductor (Hamburg State Opera, 1963-77), dies at 80
• 2008-11-29 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), dies at 90
• 2008-12-20 Dorothy Sarnoff, American operatic soprano, Broadway actress (Rosalinda), author and pioneer of the self-help movement (Speech Can Change Your Life, Speech Dynamics), dies at 94
• 2009-06-05 Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director, dies at 97
• 2009-10-12 Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer ("Gendarmes' Duet"), and broadcaster (BBC's My Music, 1964-97), dies at 90
• 2009-11-19 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), dies at 84
• 2009-12-18 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera, 1944-65), dies at 96
• 2010-02-13 John Reed, British comic actor and singer (Gilbert & Sullivan; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1951-79), dies after a stroke on his 94th birthday
• 2010-03-21 Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director (b. 1919)
• 2010-05-24 Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic lyric soprano, 1942-83, dies at 85
• 2010-05-25 Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, dies of meningitis at 35
• 2010-06-06 Jack Beeson, American classical pianist and opera composer (Lizzie Borden; Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines), dies at 88
• 2010-06-16 Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Resurrection Symphony), dies at 79
• 2010-09-28 Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
• 2010-10-10 Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, known as 'La Stupenda' (Metropolitan Opera debut 1961), dies at 83
• 2010-11-05 Shirley Verrett, American mezzo-soprano (Berlioz'z Les Troyens - "Cassabdra"; Verdi's MacBeth - "Lady MacBeth"), dies of heart failure at 79 [1]
• 2010-11-30 Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
• 2011-05-18 Leonard Kastle, opera composer, librettist, director (The Passion of Mother Ann), and film maker (The Honeymoon Killers), dies at 82
• 2011-05-30 Giorgio Tozzi, American operatic bass (dubbed vocals of Emile de Becque for "South Pacific" film), dies at 88
• 2011-07-10 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 89
• 2011-07-11 George Lascelles, English Earl of Harewood, Director of the Royal Opera House, dies at 88
• 2012-01-24 Patricia Neway, American opera and musical theatre singer, dies at 83
• 2012-01-29 Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, dies at 92
• 2012-05-14 Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone, dies at 86
• 2012-07-01 Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86
• 2012-08-02 Marguerite Piazza, American operatic soprano (Young Broadway), dies at 86
• 2012-11-28 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, dies at 90
• 2012-12-01 Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer (Britten's "War Requiem"), dies at 85
• 2013-01-15 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
• 2013-03-20 Risë Stevens [Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 - "Carmen"), vocal coach, and arts administrator, dies at 99
• 2013-05-17 Harold Shapero, American composer (9 Minute Opera), dies at 93
• 2013-08-08 Regina Resnik, American operatic singer, dies at 90

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