Today in Opera History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
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1849-04-06 - Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris
1849-04-16 - Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris
1849-05-10 - Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
1849-12-08 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples
1850-08-28 - Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany
1851-03-11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice
1851-11-22 - Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris)
1852-04-30 - Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
1853-01-19 - Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome
1853-03-06 - Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice
1855-06-13 - Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)
1855-09-27 - George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC
1856-03-05 - Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
1857-03-12 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice
1858-03-08 - Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples)
1858-05-15 - Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
1858-10-21 - Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orphée aux Enfers," premieres in Paris
1859-02-17 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
1859-03-19 - Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris
1859-04-04 - Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)
1862-02-08 - Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London
1862-02-28 - Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris
1862-08-09 - Berlioz' opera "Beatrice et Benedict," premieres in Baden-Baden
1862-11-11 - Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
1863-09-10 - George Bizets opera "Les Pêcheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris
1863-09-29 - Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris)
1864-03-19 - Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris
1865-04-20 - Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens
1865-04-28 - Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris
1865-04-28 - Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris)
1866-01-15 - Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach," premieres in Prague
1866-05-30 - Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)
1866-11-17 - Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)
1867-03-11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris
1867-04-27 - Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris)
1868-03-05 - Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan
1868-03-09 - The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
1868-05-16 - Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague
1868-06-21 - Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich
1868-10-22 - Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in NYC
1869-09-22 - Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich
1870-03-19 - The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan
1870-06-25 - Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich)
1870-06-26 - Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich
1871-04-24 - Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo)
1871-12-26 - Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
1873-05-24 - Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris
1874-01-24 - Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg
1874-04-05 - Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna
1875-01-05 - Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
1875-03-03 - Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)
1876-04-08 - Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan
1876-08-16 - Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth
1876-08-17 - Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth
1877-04-19 - Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1877-04-27 - Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris)
1877-12-02 - Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
1878-05-04 - Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1878-05-25 - Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London
1879-03-29 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
1879-12-31 - Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (NYC)
1881-02-10 - Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris
1881-03-23 - Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
1881-04-23 - Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London
1881-05-11 - Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague
1881-12-19 - Opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels)
1882-01-13 - Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1882-02-10 - Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg
1882-07-26 - Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
1882-07-28 - Opera "Parsifal" is produced (Beirut)
1883-04-14 - Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé," premieres in Paris
1883-10-22 - Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)
1884-01-19 - Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris
1885-03-04 - Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London
1885-03-14 - "Mikado" opera premieres in London
1885-06-06 - Opera "Lakmé" is produced (Paris)
1885-10-24 - Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna
1885-11-09 - Opera "Ermine," premieres in London
1885-11-30 - Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)
1885-12-02 - Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna
1886-09-25 - Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London
1887-02-05 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy
1887-05-18 - Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis," premieres in Paris
1887-05-25 - Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1887-11-23 - Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)
1888-05-07 - Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
1889-05-18 - Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris
1890-05-17 - Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry," premieres in Rome
1890-06-09 - Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
1890-10-23 - Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)
1890-11-04 - St Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg
1890-12-05 - Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe
1891-05-15 - Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris
1892-02-16 - Opera "Werther," premieres in Vienna
1892-05-21 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan
1892-08-27 - NYC Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1892-12-26 - Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
1893-02-01 - Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin
1893-02-09 - Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
1893-06-01 - Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
Famous Birthdays
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1919-12-03 - Charles Craig, opera singer
1920-02-13 - Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody)
1920-03-27 - Richard Hayman, bandleader/conductor/pianist (Theme of 3 Penny Opera)
1920-04-29 - Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
1921-03-06 - Julius Rudel, Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957)
1922-02-16 - Geraint Evans, British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn)
1922-04-27 - Daphne Anderson, London, actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice)
1922-12-17 - Hubert H A Beckers, Curacaoan opera singer
1923-02-10 - Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
1923-04-12 - Maria Callas, opera singer (Carmen)
1923-12-03 - Maria Callas, opera singer
1924-03-06 - Sarah Caldwell, Maryville Mo, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff)
1924-04-03 - Murray Dickie, opera singer/director
1924-09-25 - Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK)
1924-12-22 - Frank Corsaro, NY harbor, opera director
1925-01-17 - Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias)
1925-07-11 - Nicolai Gedda, Stockholm, Sweden, opera tenor (Opera Two to Six)
1926-02-11 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera)
1927-02-10 - Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
1927-02-18 - Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
1927-03-01 - Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer
1927-06-02 - Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
1927-12-24 - Teresa Stich-Randall, US soprano (Vienna State Opera)
1928-03-16 - Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera)
1928-11-14 - Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
1929-02-28 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
1929-09-13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1930-03-28 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1930-05-29 - Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class)
1930-11-22 - Peter Hall, British stage/film/opera director (Pedestrian)
1930-12-03 - Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera)
1932-02-19 - Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)
1932-04-17 - Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer
1932-05-24 - Elaine Malbin, opera singer
1932-09-29 - Jeremy Isaacs, general director (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
1933-07-15 - Frederico Davia, opera singer
1934-02-22 - Thomas Paul, Chicago Illinois, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70)
1935-02-27 - Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer
1935-06-05 - Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)
1935-07-29 - Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dresden State Opera 1961)
1935-11-14 - Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator
1936-04-27 - Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
1936-05-23 - Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
1937-02-02 - Martina Arroyo, NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
1937-03-12 - Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria)
1937-05-13 - Judith Somogi, NYC, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982)
1938-06-13 - Gwynne Howell, British opera singer
1939-03-08 - Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970)
1940-09-27 - Josephine Barstow, opera singer
1940-10-02 - Lord Davies, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
1941-01-21 - Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly)
1941-04-27 - Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute)
1941-06-01 - Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
1942-01-19 - Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera)
1942-11-29 - Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
1943-06-23 - James Levine, musical conductor (Tosca)/dir (Metropolitan Opera)
1944-07-30 - Teresa Cahill, opera singer
1944-09-10 - Thomas Allen, British opera singer
1945-09-12 - John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
1945-09-15 - Jessye Norman, US, opera singer (Carmen)
1946-06-01 - Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera)
1946-12-05 - Jose Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors)
1947-06-02 - Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
1948-04-18 - Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
1948-05-29 - Linda Esther Gray, opera singer
1950-03-27 - Maria Ewing, opera singer
1950-04-26 - Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
1951-11-13 - Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
1952-08-10 - Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
1954-06-26 - Robert Davi, Astoria NY, opera singer/actor (Gangster Chronicles)
1957-06-17 - Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
1957-09-06 - Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park)
1958-07-05 - Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
1961-08-14 - Sarah Brightman, actress/singer (Phantom of the Opera)
1966-02-09 - Amanda Roocroft, opera singer
1970-01-02 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
1970-02-27 - Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
1970-10-13 - Paul Potts, British Opera singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent
1971-09-18 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
1972-12-21 - Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1978-01-06 - Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer
1987-04-16 - Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air)
Famous Deaths
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