1909 Birth of Hans Hotter Bass-Baritone

19 JANUARY 1909 Birth of Hans Hotter Bass-Baritone
Born 19 Jan 1909 Offenbach am Main Debut as Speaker in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1929 Teachers:- Rudolf Bockelmann, Matthaus Roemer Pupils :- Marco Bakker, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Noelle Barker, Alan Oke Cynthia Buchan, Thomas Carey, Victoria Godfrey, Brian Hansford Phillip Joll, Margaret Marshall, James Morris, Patricia Payne Cheryl Studer, David Ward, Kimball Wheeler, Robert Christesen Christine Taylor, Graeme Matheson-Bruce, Helen Walker Catherine Dubosc, Raymond Michalski, Laszlo Polgar Created Commandant in Friedenstag (Strauss R) Jupiter in Liebe der Danae (Strauss R) Olivier in Capriccio (Strauss R) Sang in premiere of Besuch der Alten dame (Von Einem)

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Conductor Dudarova dies at 92

Russian conductor Veronika Dudarova who led Moscow orchestras for 60 years has died at the age of 92. Dudarova became a conductor at the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in 1947 and in 1960 was named chief conductor and artistic director. She left the orchestra in 1989. From 1991 until the end of her life she headed the Symphony Orchestra of Russia, which she had founded.

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Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 75

Marilyn Horne (b. January 16, 1934, Bradford, Pennsylvania) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who is particularly associated with the music of Rossini and Handel. She began her career as a light lyric soprano however as the years progressed, the voice settled and matured into a mezzo-soprano instrument with a full and rich timbre equipped with extreme flexibility and great size. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages.

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Composer Elie Siegmeister

15 JANUARY 1909 Birth of American composer and pianist Elie SIEGMEISTER in NYC. d-Manhasset, NY 10 MAR 1991. His varied musical output showed his concern with the development of an authentic American musical vocabulary. Jazz, blues and folk melodies and rhythms are frequent themes in his many song cycles, his nine operas, his eight symphonies, and his many choral, chamber, and solo works. His 37 orchestral works have been performed by leading orchestras throughout the world.

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