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by Lance » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:04 pm
JANUARY 10
Births and Deaths- Born 1951: Rockwell Blake, tenor
- Died 1941: Frank Bridge, composer, born 02-26-1879
- Born 1923: Margherita Casals, soprano, died 12-17-1980
- Born 1915: Dean Dixon, conductor, died 11-03-1976
- Died 1989: Karl Geiringer, musicologist, born 04-26-1899
- Died 1978: Don Gillis, composer/teacher, born 06-17-1912
- Died 1895: Benjamin Godard, composer, born 08-18-1849
- Born 1911: Sidney Griller, violinist, died 11-20-1993 [quartet founder]
- Born 1891: Thomas Griselle, composer, died 12-27-1955
- Died 1977: Hans Grishkat, conductor, born 08-29-1903
- Born 1929: Derek Hammond-Stroud, baritone
- Died 1994: Irene Jessner, soprano, born 08-28-1901
- Died 1958: Emmi Leisner, contralto, born 08-08-1885
- Born 1948: Oleg Maisenberg, pianist
- Born 1948: Mischa Maisky, cellist
- Born 1910: Jean Martinon, conductor, died 03-01-1976
- Born 1935: Sherrill Milnes, baritone
- Born 1903: Jean Morel, conductor, died 04-14-1975
- Born 1947: James Morris, bass-baritone
- Born 1921: David Poleri, tenor, died 12-13-1967 [helicopter crash, Hawaii]
- Born 1961: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
- Died 1881: Lucien H. Southard, composer, born 02-04-1827
- Died 1989: Donald Voorhees, conductor, born 07-26-1903
- Died 1982: Lazar Weiner, composer, born 10-24-1897
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by GK » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:39 pm
I saw David Poleri twice with the New York City Opera, as Don Jose and Cavaradossi. He is also well known for a film version of Tosca with Leontyne Price. Today he would be regarded as one of the world's best tenors. In his day the competition was Corelli, Del Monaco, Bjoerling, and Tucker.
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by Lance » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:29 pm
GK wrote:I saw David Poleri twice with the New York City Opera, as Don Jose and Cavaradossi. He is also well known for a film version of Tosca with Leontyne Price. Today he would be regarded as one of the world's best tenors. In his day the competition was Corelli, Del Monaco, Bjoerling, and Tucker.
Yes, and he did some splendid work—quite a lot, in fact—with among my favourite conductors: Dimitri Mitropoulos. What a shame to end a career in the manner that it occurred.
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