September 12 — On This Day in Opera

Reinhard Keiser, a major German Baroque opera composer associated with Hamburg's Oper am Gänsemarkt and the composer of more than one hundred operas, died in Hamburg.

Jean-Philippe Rameau, one of the central composers of French Baroque opera and creator of works including "Hippolyte et Aricie", "Les Indes galantes", "Castor et Pollux", and "Dardanus", died in Paris.

Marianne Brandt, Austrian mezzo-soprano and contralto who became an important Wagnerian singer and appeared at Bayreuth, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera, was born in Vienna.

Birth of American dramatic soprano Marion Weed, who performed leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera and later taught at Eastman School of Music.

Birth of American mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos, celebrated as “one of the defining singers of her generation.”

Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano celebrated for roles including Carmen, Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier", Cherubino in "Le nozze di Figaro", and Didon in "Les Troyens", was born in New York City.

Dino Borgioli, Italian lyric tenor particularly admired in Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, and Verdi and a prominent singer at Covent Garden and other major European opera houses, died in Florence.