#Eugenio Giraldoni

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On December 31, 1904 took place in the The Metropolitan Opera will host a performance of Verdi's “Rigoletto”. Gilda sang Alma Webster-Powell (1869-1930).

She was a soprano, writer and politically very active. This was her only appearance at the MET in an entire opera role.

Their partners were Enrico Caruso as Duca and Eugenio Giraldoni in the title role. The conductor was Arturo Vigna, who conducted several Metropolitan Opera Premiere at this house.

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Hariclea Darclée – „Măiastra pasăre de basm” Personalitate marcantă a muzicii românești, s-a născut la Brăila, pe 10 iunie 1860, într-o familie cu rădăcini elene.

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Lui si chiamava Eugenio Giraldoni e io, finite le elementari, iniziai ad andare a casa sua per prendere lezioni private di russo. Già anziano, abitava con sua moglie inglese all'ultimo piano di un palazzo in via Gabriele D'Annunzio a Olbia. In quegli anni era uno degli edifici più alti della città. Mi ricordo il cavalletto montato in terrazza: qui Il signor Eugenio, russo per parte di madre, amava dipingere i panorami olbiesi nel tempo libero. Il nostro lungo pomeriggio di lezioni ed esercizi finiva sempre con una partita di ping pong al tavolo allestito nel grande salone. Grazie a lui e a sua moglie ho sviluppato l'amore per le lingue straniere; era una coppia colta, affabile ed accogliente. Sono morti tanti anni fa ma io non ho mai dimenticato il mio primo maestro di russo. E non lo ha dimenticato neppure il mio amico artista Lino Pes che, sorprendendomi come spesso accade, mi ha mostrato questa veduta di Olbia, dipinta proprio da Giraldoni che gliela regalò come si legge nella dedica. #marellagiovannelli #ricordo #eugeniogiraldoni #linopes #olbia #panorama #painting #sardegna #sardinia #sorpresa #vintage https://www.instagram.com/p/CdDsbcqt6CR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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June 23 in Music History

1685 Birth of Italian singer Anto Bernacchi in Bologna.

1776 Death of English organist and composer Thomas Roseingrave in Dunleary. 

1796 Birth of composer Ferdinando Giorgetti.

1824 Birth of German pianist, composer, conductor Carl Reinecke.

1832 Birth of Italian tenor and singing teacher Giovanni Sbriglia in Naples. 

1837 FP of Grisar's "L'Anmille" Paris.

1840 FP of Lortzing's "Hans Sachs" Leipzig.

1851 Birth of American organist and composer Clarence Eddy

1852 Birth of Italian-French pianist Stephanie Raoul Pugno in Paris.

1852 FP of Ricci's "La festa di Piedigrotta" Naples.

1855 Birth of English pianist and song composer Maude Valerie White.

1862 Birth of American Geraldine Ulmar in Boston. 

1864 Birth of American music writer Philip H. Goepp.

1870 FP of D'Arienzo's "Il Cacciatore delle Alpi" Naples.

1877 Birth of German musicologist and composer Hermann Stephani.

1877 Birth of American composer Blair Fairchild in Belmont, MA. 

1887 Birth of American teacher and conductor John Finley Williamson in Canton, OH. 

1890 Birth of American pianist, composer, and choral conductor William J. Reddick.

1892 Birth of Polish pianist and teacher Mieczyslaw Horzowski in Lwow.

1894 Death of Italian mezzo-soprano Marietta Alboni.

1900 Birth of baritone Marcel Clavere.

1908 Birth of Finnish conductor Jussi Jalas. 

1911 Birth of German tenor Hans Beirer.

 1920 Birth of American composer Paul Des Marais in Michigan.

1922 Birth of American composer and jazz pianist Francis Thorne.

1923 Birth of American composer George Russell.

1924 Death of French baritone Eugenio Giraldoni. 

1924 Death of English Morris dance collector Cecil Sharp in London. 

1926 Death of soprano Johanna Andre. 

1927 Birth of Scotish tenor Kenneth McKellar in Paisley.

1927 Death of Austrian tenor Aloys Pennarini. 

1928 Birth of American composer John Duff in NYC.

1929 Birth of Belgian composer Henri Pousseur in Malmédy.

1930 Death of Ukrainian bass Tadeusz Orda. 

1930 FP of Weill's "Der Jasager" school opera (Berlin radio). 

1931 FP of Honegger's "Amphion" Paris.

1940 FP of Prokofiev's "Semyon Kotko" Moscow.

1943 Birth of American conductor and pianist James Levine Cincinnati, OH. 

1943 Birth of American tenor William Cochran in Columbus, OH.

1945 Birth of mezzo-soprano Ute Walther.

1948 Birth of English composer Nigel Osborne in Manchester.

1950 Birth of Hungarian mezzo-soprano Livia Budai in Esztergom. 

1950 Birth of British conductor Nicholas Cleobury.

1950 FP of Andriessen's "Philomela" Holland Festival with Theo Bayle.

1952 Birth of English tenor Kim Begley in Cheshire.

1953 FP of Shaporin's "Dekabristy" Moscow.

1956 Birth of American soprano Sylvia McNair in Mansfield, OH.

1956 Death of Russian composer Reinhold Moritzovich Glière in Moscow.

1958 Death of Finnish conductor Edward Jarnefelt in Stockholm

1962 Birth of American composer Jerome Miskell.

1966 Death of bass-baritone Andre Pernet.

1972 FP of David Ward-Steinman's Sonata for Fortified Piano. Gary Wolf at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

1982 FP of Vincent Persichetti's Harpsichord Sonata No. 2. Harpsichordist Elaine Comparone in Cleveland, OH.

1985 Death of tenor Wilhelm Otto.

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Giovanni Zenatello (22 February 1876 – 11 February 1949) was an Italian opera singer. Born in Verona, he enjoyed an international career as a dramatic tenor of the first rank. Otello became his most famous operatic role but he sang a wide repertoire. In 1904, he created the part of Pinkerton in Madama He studied under Zannoni in Veronaand with Moretti in Milan. Zenatello made his debut in 1898 at the opera house of Belluno (Veneto) appearing as Silvio in ‘’Pagliacci’’. A year later he changed in the tenor field and made his debut in 1899 at the Teatro Mercadante in Naplesin the role of the Canio in ‘’Pagliacci’’. He soon had big success as a heroic tenor in the leading Italian stages. Since 1902 he appeared at La Scala, where he sang the role of Faust in ‘’La Damnation de Faust’’ of Berlioz opposite Elisa Petri, Antonio Magini-Coletti and Emilio Sesona, and where he appeared 1907. He appeared at La Scala in several opera premieres: on 19. 12. 1903 as Vassili in ‘’Siberia’’ of Giordano, likewise in 1903 in ‘’Oceana’’ of Antonio Smareglia, on 29. 3. 1906 in ‘’La figlia di Jorio’’ of Alberto Franchetti opposite Angelica Pandolfini and Eugenio Giraldoni, on 15. 4. 1907 in ‘’Gloria’’ of Francesco Cilea. On 17. 2. 1904 he sang at La Scala in the unsuccessful  premiere of Puccini’s ‘’Madama Butterfly’’ performing the role of Pinkerton as a partner of Rosina Storchio; this performance ended with scandalous failure. Six months later he sang the same part in a new performance of the same opera at the Teatro Regio in Parma (now opposite Salomea Kruszelnicka as Butterfly) and  scored a great success. In 1906 he appeared at La Scala in the première of Tchaikovsky’s ‘’The Queen of Spades’’ as Hermann. Probably in 1906 he sang for the first time in Verdi’s ‘’Otello’’; in this star role he appeared many times in the big operatic stages all over the world. He counted after Francesco Tamagno (and beside Leo Slezak) as the most significant interpreter of this part generally. Guest performances in Parisand London (1905-06, 1908-09 and 1926), in Berlin and Vienna, in Moscow (1925), in Madridand Barcelonaconfirmed him as one of the leading tenors of his epoch. He achieved big success also in theatres of South America. From 1907-09 he sang at the Manhattan Opera House in New York, from 1909-17 at the Boston Opera, in the 1911-13 seasons at the Chicago Opera. In 1909 he substituted during the guest performance tour of the ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera in New York the ill Enrico Caruso as Radames. In 1926 he sang again at Covent Garden in London in Verdi’s ‘’Otello’’ which was also recorded for HMV. In 1913 he had been instrumental in having the Verona Arena, built originally by the ancient Romans, restored and turned into a world famous open-air venue for operatic performances. In 1916 he appeared at the Boston Opera as Masaniello in Auber’s ‘’Muette de Portici’’. In 1913 he married to Spanish mezzp-Soprano Maria Gay (1879-1943). In the 1928-30 seasons he was to be heard at the opera house of  Philadelphia in parts like Andrea Chénier of Giordano, Don Alvaro in ‘’La forza del Destino’’, De Grieux in ‘’'Manon Lescaut’’ of Puccini and José in ‘’Carmen’’. He retired from the stage in 1934. Then he opened together with his wife a singing studio in New York. To her pupils belonged Lily Pons and Nino Martini. He was he also helped Maria Callas to appear as Gioconda in 1947 at the Arena of Verona initiating the world career of the singer. His daughter Nina Zenatello-Consolaro described his life in book ‘’Giovanni Zenatello, tenore, ideatore degli spettacoli lirici dell' arena Verona’’ (Verona, in 1976). Butterfly.

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May 20 in Music History

1554 Birth of composer Paulo Bellasio.

1751 Death of Spanish opera composer Domenico Terradella in Rome. 

1754 Birth of composer Hans Gram.

1767 Birth of composer Ferdinand Franzl.

1782 Death of composer and organist Christoph Gottlieb Schroterin.

1798 Birth of French tenor Jean Baptiste Chollet in Paris.

1812 Birth of composer Gustav Adolf Mankell.

1822 Birth of French composer Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard in Nantes. 

1843 Birth of composer Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia

1846 FP is USAmerica of Beethoven's Choral Symphony No. 9. New York Philharmonic at Castle Garden, George Loder, Jr. conducting.

1850 Birth of composer Eaton Faning.

1856 Birth of Scottish-American pianist and composer Helen Hopekirk. 

1859 Birth of French opera conductor and composer Eugène D' Harcourt.

1865 Birth of French tenor Georges Imbart de la Tour in Paris. 

1870 Birth of German bass Max Lohfing. 

1871 Birth of French baritone Eugenio Giraldoni in Marseilles. 

1874 FP of F. Erkel's "Brankovics Gyoergy" Budapest.

1878 Birth of Czech composer Karl III Komzäk.

1889 Birth of composer Feliz Arndt. 

1893 Birth of German bass-baritone Hans Hermann Nissen in Danzig. 

1893 FP of Smareglia's "Cornelio Schutt" Prague.

1896 Death of German pianist, composer Clara Wieck Schumann.

1897 Birth of Polish soprano Eva Bandrowska-Turska in Cracau. 

1903 Birth of Polish composer Jerzy Fitelberg in Warsaw. 

1906 Birth of baritone Gerhard Niese in Rostock.

1906 Birth of German bass Hans Kramer in Mainz. 

1909 Birth of Austrian bass-baritone Erich Kunz in Vienna. 

1909 Birth of French baritone Marcel Enot in Saint-Lo. 

1917 Death of Italian soprano Romilda Pantaleoni.

1917 Birth of composer Enyss Djemil.

1920 Birth of American pianist Hephzibah Menuhin in San Francisco. 

1922 FP of Henriques's "Staerstikkeren" Copenhagen.

1923 Birth of American composer Ludmila Ulehla. 

1923 FP of Petrauskas' "The Devil Inventer" South Boston.

1925 Birth of American baritone Chester Ludgin in Brooklyn. 

1926 Birth of English conductor George Hurst.

1927 Birth of composer Walter Aschaffenburg.

1927 Birth of composer David Frederick Barlow

1930 Birth of German soprano Eva Bober in Berlin. 

1932 FP of Chlubna's "Nura" Brno.

1933 FP of Hanson's "Merry Mount" Ann Arbor, composer conducting.

1936 Birth of French baritone Jacques Herbillon in Rheims. 

1937 FP of John J. Becker's Symphony No. 3 Symphonia Brevis at the Saint Paul Auditorium. Twin Cities Civic Federal Music Project with Minnesota Orchestra composer conducting.

1938 Birth of Danish soprano Lone Koppel in Copenhagen.

1940 Birth of Swiss conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacker.

1943 Birth of American composer Tison Street in Boston.

1948 FP of Darius Milhaud's Sym No 4, composer conducting, in Paris.

1950 Birth of English organist Jane Parker Smith.

1950 FP of William Bergsma´s Symphony No. 1 on a radio broadcast.

1950 FP of Burghauser's "Lakomec" Liberec.

1951 Death of Dutch composer Jan Ingenhoven in Breda.

1952 Birth of English opera director Tim Albery.

1953 Birth of American composer Mark Hagerty.

1954 FP of Bucchi's "Il Contrabasso" Florence.

1956 Death of Dutch choral conductor and composer Jan Ingenhoven.

1956 Birth of Irish mezzo-soprano Ethna Robinson in Dublin. 

1959 Death of Italian tenor Gaston Micheletti. 

1961 FP of Henze's "Elegy for Young Lovers" chamber opera, Schwetzingen. With D. Fischer-Dieskau.

1966 Birth of English clarinetist Emma Johnson.

1969 Death of Welch bass-baritone Derick Davies. 

1971 FP of Overton's "Huckleberry Finn" Juilliard American Opera Center, NYC.

1973 FP of Gian Carlo Menotti's Suite for Two Cellos. With cellists Gregor Piatigorsky and Leslie Parnas, and pianist Charles Wadsworth in NYC.

1974 FP of Andrzej Panufnik's Sinfonia Concertante in London.

1976 Death of Russian tenor Victor Bregy. 

1977 FP of Alan Hovhaness' Rubaiyat for narrator, accordion, and orchestra, in NYC.

1978 Death of violinist and composer Bjarne Brustad.

1979 FP of Tobias Picker´s Romance for violin and piano, with Linda Quan, violin and Aleck Karis, piano, at York College, The City University of New York.

1989 FP of Katherine Hoover's Quintet Da Pacem for piano quintet. Members of the New Jersey Chamber Music Society at Alice Tully Hall in NYC.

1995 Death of American composer Ulysses Kay, in Englewood, NJ. 

2000 Death of French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal.