1866
Italian composer and conductor Lorenzo Perosi, whose stage works include the opera "La risurrezione di Cristo", was born in Tortona.
July 31 — On This Day in Opera
This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on July 31, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.
1930
Birth of Spanish tenor Pedro Lavirgen in Bujalance, Córdoba, who had a legendary international career from the 1960s through the 1990s.
1960
Death of American operatic tenor William Bosworth Martin, who sang Werther at Opéra‑Comique and premiered in Le poème du soir.
1989
Hungarian-American dramatic soprano Anne Roselle, remembered for creating the title role in the first post-war production of Strauss's "Turandot" in Dresden and for her Metropolitan Opera appearances, died in New York.
2003
Death of Austrian‑born conductor Walter Taussig, longtime coach and associate conductor at the Metropolitan Opera.
2011
Death of Turkish operatic soprano Mesude Çağlayan, a pioneer of opera in Turkey and first Cio‑Cio‑san in Turkish Madama Butterfly.