La Scena Musicale

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: March 22 (Rosa, Mödl)

1842 - Carl Rosa, Hamburg, Germany; conductor, violinist, impresario (Carl Rosa Opera Co.)

Wiki entry
Carl Rosa Opera Co.



1912 - Martha Mödl, Nuremberg, Germany; opera soprano and mezzo-soprano

Wiki entry
N.Y. Times obit 2001
In Memoriam

Martha Mödl as The Countess from Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades (1981)


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