The year 1931 in classical music and in lyrical art

Birth of John NobleThat year: 1931, Classical music, English baritone singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Aleksey LevitskiyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Eve QuelerThat year: 1931, Classical music, American conductor

Death of Oscar FetrásThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (born in 1854)

Death of George Coleman YoungThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Death of Arthur Jan Frans De HovreThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)

Birth of Juraj PospíšilThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Akhmad BabakulovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1931-1990) (dead in 1990)

Birth of Simone MangelsdorffThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1973)

Birth of Birgit FinniläThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish singer

Birth of Roberto BañuelasThat year: 1931, Classical music, Mexican composer (dead in 2015)

Birth of Ib NørholmThat year: 1931, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 2019)

Death of Alfredo BarbirolliThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer

Birth of Ezio FlagelloThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2009)

Death of Alfred TofftThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Nolan Van WayThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer

Death of Alexander Thom CringanThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

Birth of Leonid YekimovThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer from Russia (dead in 2017)

Birth of Hidetake KonoeThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer and conductor (1931-2003) (dead in 2003)

Death of Sven NyblomThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1868)

Birth of Xavier BenguerelThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 2017)

Death of William John HallThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Takeshi KobayashiThat year: 1931, Classical music, concertmaster, violinist

Birth of Leonid BoldinThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (dead in 2013)

Birth of Shigenobu YamaokaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese conductor

Birth of Mark ReshetinThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2001)

Death of Ottilie StrobachThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1851)

Death of Juan VertThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1890)

Death of Dirk SchäferThat year: 1931, Classical music, Dutch concert pianist and composer (1873-1931) (born in 1873)

Birth of Ana María OlariaThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Eberhard KrausThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2003)

Birth of Victor MartensThat year: 1931, Classical music, Victor Martens. Tenor, teacher, conductor, b Yarrow, east of Vancouver, 18 Feb 1931; ARCT 1955, BA (Waterloo Lutheran) 1963. Victor Martens. Tenor, teacher, conductor, b Yarrow, east... (dead in 2018)

Birth of Margareta HallinThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 2020)

Death of Grigory PirogovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1885)

Death of Mario AnconaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1860)

Death of Emilio MesejoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish actor (born in 1864)

Birth of Jon WeavingThat year: 1931, Classical music, Australian opera singer (dead in 2011)

Birth of Sei IkenoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer (1931-2004) (dead in 2004)

Birth of Ruth-Margret PützThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer from Germany (dead in 2019)

Birth of Aleksandr Michaylovitsj VrabelThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2002)

Death of Isabel BrúThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish actor and singer (born in 1874)

Death of Otto ReutterThat year: 1931, Classical music, German comedian, coupletist, and singer (born in 1870)

Birth of Manfred DrescherThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer (1931-2015) (dead in 2015)

Birth of Anthony HedgesThat year: 1931, Classical music, English composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Oleksandr BilashThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 2003)

Death of Clara Kathleen RogersThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (born in 1844)

Birth of Niza de Castro TankThat year: 1931, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer

Birth of Geraldine DeckerThat year: 1931, Classical music, American singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (dead in 2013)

Birth of François RabbathThat year: 1931, Classical music, French musician

Birth of Dodi ProteroThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Ian AdamThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Theo AltmeyerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German classical tenor (dead in 2007)

Birth of SetrakThat year: 1931, Classical music, French Turkish pianist (dead in 2006)

Birth of Margit LászlóThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Zlata Gašperšič OgnjanovićThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovene soprano singer

Death of Ignatius de OrellanaThat year: 1931, Classical music, British xomposer (born in 1860)

Death of Erik SchmedesThat year: 1931, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1868)

Death of Henry EymieuThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

Death of Ofelia NietoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1898)

Birth of Ramiz KovaçiThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1994)

Death of Otto KellerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German writer (1875-1931) (born in 1875)

Birth of Kalju KaraskThat year: 1931, Classical music, Estonian actor, singer and opera singer (1931-2011) (dead in 2011)

Birth of Gloria DavyThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Halina SłonickaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1931-2000) (dead in 2000)

Death of Józefa RożnieckaThat year: 1931, Classical music, actress, opera singer (born in 1867)

Birth of Kunnakudi SubbalakshmiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Indian singer (dead in 2010)

Birth of Jiří LaburdaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, musicologist and choirmaster

Birth of Jüri PärgThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Birth of Joan CarlyleThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer

Birth of Radomil EliškaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, professor and university educator (dead in 2019)

Death of Ludwig Hermann Otto FinzenhagenThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

Birth of Martin BoykanThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer

Birth of Jacqueline DelmanThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Anita CerquettiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 2014)

Death of Maurice AbrahamsThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian-born American song writer (born in 1883)

Birth of Noreen BerryThat year: 1931, Classical music, South African opera singer (dead in 2012)

Inauguration: Teatro PrincipalThat year: 1931, Classical music (Caracas, Venezuela)

Birth of Frederic MayerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Bengt RundgrenThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 2008)

Birth of John HsuThat year: 1931, Classical music, American academic (dead in 2018)

Death of Desider ZadorThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1873)

Death of Richard SahlaThat year: 1931, Classical music, German concert violinist (born in 1855)

Death of Georges AuvrayThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Death of Frank H. LoseyThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer and musician (born in 1870)

Birth of Mykola KondratyukThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2006) (dead in 2006)

Birth of Matti TuloiselaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Finnish opera singer

Death of Marino AinetoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1873)

Birth of Jane BerbiéThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer

Birth of Helge BriliothThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish singer and opera singer (dead in 1998)

Death of Antonín PetzoldThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1858)

Birth of Charles WilsonThat year: 1931, Classical music, Canadian composer, born 1931

Death of Bertha LewisThat year: 1931, Classical music, British opera singer and actress (born in 1887)

Death of Paolo LittaThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

Birth of Igor OzimThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovene violinist, musician and music educator

Death of Johann NeunerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Death of Max RunzeThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1849)

Birth of Yuzo ToyamaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Composer and conductor

Death of Ernestina Bendazzi-GarulliThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1864)

Birth of Donald MartinoThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2005)

Birth of Thomas UngarThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian conductor

Death of Hans HermannThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (born in 1870)

Birth of Éric TappyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss opera singer

Birth of Tamara SorokinaThat year: 1931, Classical music, operatic singer (dead in 2021)

Birth of Włodzimierz DenysenkoThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Věroslav NeumannThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (dead in 2006)

Birth of Peter WestergaardThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2019)

Death of Regina PinkertThat year: 1931, Classical music, Polish opera singer and soprano (born in 1869)

Birth of Sheila Jones HarmsThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 2004)

Birth of Elena KittnarováThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, soprano (dead in 2012)

Death of Fedor PavlovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1892-1931) (born in 1892)

Death of Karolyn Wells BassettThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1892)

Birth of Joyce BarkerThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 1992)

Death of Auguste Caliga-IhleThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1862)

Birth of Eric GarrettThat year: 1931, Classical music, English operatic bass (dead in 2009)

Birth of Audrey SchuhThat year: 1931, Classical music, Operatic soprano

Birth of Yevheniia MiroshnychenkoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (dead in 2009)

Death of Paula DoengesThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer (1874-1931) (born in 1874)

Birth of Mignon DunnThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Fanny HollandThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer and actress (1847-1931) (born in 1847)

Death of Nellie StewartThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1858)

Birth of Iulia BuciuceanuThat year: 1931, Classical music, Romanian opera singer

Birth of Lucien GoethalsThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 2006)

Death of Willem FeltzerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue, violinist (born in 1874)

Birth of James LoughranThat year: 1931, Classical music, British conductor

Death of Charles QuefThat year: 1931, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1873)

Birth of Irène MannheimerThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish pianist

Birth of Mario BarrientosThat year: 1931, Classical music, Chilean singer

Birth of Barbara FeiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hong Kong opera singer (dead in 2017)

Birth of Anđelko KlobučarThat year: 1931, Classical music, Croatian composer and organist (dead in 2016)

Birth of André LaporteThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian composer

Birth of Yuri MazurokThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2006)

Death of Ettore GandolfiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1862)

Death of Herman BembergThat year: 1931, Classical music, French-Argentine composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Ava JuneThat year: 1931, Classical music, British singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)

Death of William WolstenholmeThat year: 1931, Classical music, British composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Liselotte Becker-EgnerThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2015)

Birth of Tony CurielThat year: 1931, Classical music, Dominican opera singer (dead in 2009)

Death of Lennart LundbergThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish composer and pianist (born in 1863)

Birth of Moshe AtzmonThat year: 1931, Classical music, Israeli conductor

Birth of Nico CastelThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2015)

Death of André TabuteauThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer

Birth of Philippa SchuylerThat year: 1931, Classical music, American pianist and composer (dead in 1967)

Death of Marie WittichThat year: 1931, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1868)

Birth of Ursula BrömmeThat year: 1931, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 2000)

Birth of Renate HolmThat year: 1931, Classical music, German actor, singer and opera singer

Birth of Ricardo VisusThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 2020)

Birth of Netania DavrathThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian-born Israeli operatic soprano (dead in 1987)

Birth of István RuhaThat year: 1931, Classical music, concertmaster (dead in 2004)

Death of Oscar JüttnerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

Death of Waldemar von BaußnernThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (born in 1866)

Birth of Gregg SmithThat year: 1931, Classical music, American choral conductor and composer (dead in 2016)

Birth of Yōichirō ŌmachiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese conductor

Death of Joseph TabrarThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Birth of Nancy TatumThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer

Death of Stanislav SudaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Rudolf KelterbornThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss composer (dead in 2021)

Birth of Henrique MorelenbaumThat year: 1931, Classical music, Brazilian conductor

Birth of Charles CamilleriThat year: 1931, Classical music, Maltese composer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Herbert DoussantThat year: 1931, Classical music, American operatic tenor (dead in 2018)

Death of Alfonso RendanoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1853)

Birth of Zdzisław NikodemThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Marie LehmannThat year: 1931, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1851)

Birth of Shirley CarpenterThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer

Death of Adolf WeidigThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Kazuo FukudaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese conductor

Death of Sylvain DupuisThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian composer and conductor (born in 1856)

Birth of Pierre CogenThat year: 1931, Classical music, French musician

Birth of Richard NovákThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer, opera singer and organist

Birth of Anna ReynoldsThat year: 1931, Classical music, English classical mezzo-soprano (dead in 2014)

Death of Thomas Vowler ShortThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)

Birth of Štefan BabjakThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovak opera singer (dead in 2008)

Death of Luigi von KunitsThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1870)

Death of Emanuel VeselíkThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)

Birth of Valery KlimovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian musician

Birth of Lauris ElmsThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer

Birth of Hikaru HayashiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Wilhelm Dieter SiebertThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2011)

Death of Celestino PiaggioThat year: 1931, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1886)

Birth of Mürsəl BədirovThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2003)

Birth of William WalkerThat year: 1931, Classical music, baritone, born 1931 (dead in 2010)

Birth of Stanislav MjartanThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1997)

Birth of Bozena Ruk-FocicThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2010)

Birth of Jiří BerdychThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (dead in 2004)

Premiere of Judith, Op. 392That year: 1931, Classical music (Incidental music), Darius Milhaud

Death of Otto DornThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)

Birth of Claude LefebvreThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer and poet from France (dead in 2012)

Death of Fritz BaseltThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

Death of Oscar BergströmThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1874)

Death of Frederic CliffeThat year: 1931, Classical music, British composer (born in 1857)

Death of Ellen SandelsThat year: 1931, Classical music, author, musician (born in 1859)

Death of Leonora BrahamThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1853)

Birth of Claudia HellmannThat year: 1931, Classical music, German contralto (dead in 2017)

Birth of Josef SivóThat year: 1931, Classical music, concertmaster (dead in 2007)

Death of Akira NakadaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer (1886-1931) (born in 1886)

Death of Mathilda LagermarckThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1853)

Birth of Günther HerbigThat year: 1931, Classical music, German conductor

Death of Marc DelmasThat year: 1931, Classical music, French composer (born in 1885)

Death of Irma PolakThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (born in 1875)

Death of Marcelle DemougeotThat year: 1931, Classical music, French lyric artist (born in 1876)

Death of John Hyatt BrewerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)

Birth of Ratiba El-HefnyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Egyptian singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Sergei DorenskyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 2020)

Death of Justin ElieThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hatian pianist (born in 1883)

Death of Anna HennebergThat year: 1931, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (born in 1862)

Birth of Cholo MontironiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Argentine musician

Birth of Rudolf KomorousThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech electronic musician, bassoonist, music educator and composer

Birth of Franz WyznerThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian opera singer

Death of Raimund von zur MühlenThat year: 1931, Classical music, German operatic tenor (born in 1854)

Birth of Makoto ShinoharaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer

Birth of George FortuneThat year: 1931, Classical music, us-american baritone (dead in 2019)

Death of Fritz ZierauThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Kenneth GilbertThat year: 1931, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 2020)

Death of Leo SchützendorfThat year: 1931, Classical music, actor, bass-baritone, bass, musician, opera singer, singer (born in 1886)

Death of Nathalie HansenThat year: 1931, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1870)

Death of Milo Ellsworth BenedictThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

Birth of Dalton BaldwinThat year: 1931, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2019)

Death of Aranka FodorThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1885)

Death of Lech ChojeckiThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Death of Walter CourvoisierThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss composer and music educator (1875-1931) (born in 1875)

Death of Agustarello AffreThat year: 1931, Classical music, French operatic tenor (born in 1858)

Death of Peter Christian LutkinThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Birth of Thomas CareyThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer, 1931-2002 (dead in 2002)