2012 Event German opera singer and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, dies age age 86 2012 Event The broadway show, 'The Lion King', becomes the highest grossing show of all time, overtaking 'Phantom of the Opera' 2010 Death Famous Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland dies in Switzerland at age 83, after a lengthy illness 2004 Death Renata Tebaldi, opera singer, dies at 82 2004 Death Robert Merrill, opera singer, dies at 85 2003 Death Franco Corelli, opera singer, dies at 81 1998 Event 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1997 Death Rudolf Bing, opera manager (New York Met Opera), dies at 95 1997 Event "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV 1997 Event 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1996 Death Frederico Davia, opera singer, dies at 63 1996 Death Francesco Siciliani, opera administrator, dies at 85 1996 Event 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1996 Death Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83 1996 Death Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86 1996 Event Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera 1996 Death Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78 1996 Death Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38 1996 Death Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65 1995 Death Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 Death Murray Dickie, opera singer/director, dies at 71 1995 Death Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1995 Death Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69 1995 Event 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1995 Death Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68 1994 Death Gottlob Frick, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, dies at 88 1994 Event 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1994 Event Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down 1993 Death Lucia Popp, Czechoslovakia/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54 1993 Death Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89 1993 Event 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1993 Event Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV 1992 Death Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88 1992 Event 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards 1991 Event Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode 1991 Event Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run 1991 Event 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1990 Event Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards! 1990 Event 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins 1989 Event "Threepenny Opera" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances 1989 Event "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances 1989 Death Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakian opera composer and conductor, dies at 71 1989 Death Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83 1989 Event 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premieres on NBC-TV 1988 Birthday Alexa Vega, born in Miami, Florida, actress, singer, pianist, appeared in 'Repo! the Genetic Opera', 'Spy Kids' trilogy films 1988 Death Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56 1988 Death Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 1988 Event 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera win 1988 Death Bantcho Bantchevsky, U.S. opera singer, commits suicide 1988 Event "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 4,000+ performances 1988 Event 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1987 Birthday Ben Nicholas, born in Adelaide, Australia, actor, known for role as Scott Timmins in Australia's soap opera, 'Neighbours' 1987 Birthday Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air 1987 Event Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1987 Event 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1987 Event Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 1986 Event 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins 1986 Death Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71 1986 Event "Phantom of the Opera" premeires in London 1984 Event Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV 1984 Event 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards 1982 Death Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), dies at 67 1982 Death Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73 1982 Death Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies 1982 Event Soap opera "Capitol" premieres 1981 Death Rosa Ponselle, U.S. singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 1981 Death Robert Davi (opera singer/actor), dies at 54 1981 Event Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC 1980 Event Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run 1978 Event Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm 1977 Event Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam 1977 Event Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam 1976 Death Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 1976 Death Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83 1976 Death Lily Pons, French/U.S. soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71 1976 Event Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata" 1975 Birthday Asia Argento, born in Rome, Italy, actress, director, films include, 'La Chiesa', 'Trauma', 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Scarlet Diva', 'Red Siren' 1975 Event TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres 1975 Death Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 1974 Birthday Ryan Phillippe, born in New Castle, Delaware, actor, appeared in 'One Life to Live' soap opera, films include, 'Cruel Intentions', 'Crash' 1974 Event Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1973 Death Alois Haba, Czechoslovakian (opera)composer (Neuland), dies at 80 1973 Event Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House 1971 Death Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies 1971 Event Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych 1971 Event Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run 1970 Event Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London 1970 Event Soap opera "Somerset" premieres 1970 Event Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC 1969 Death Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer and actor (Full of Life), dies at 69 1969 Death Rudolf Forster, actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84 1969 Death Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer (New York Met), dies on 84th birthday 1969 Death Gladys Swarthout, opera singer and actress (Ambush), dies at 64 1969 Event Who release rock opera "Tommy" 1969 Death Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83 1968 Birthday Vanessa Marcil, born in Indio, California, actress, appeared in television series, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'General Hospital' soap opera 1968 Event Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres 1968 Death Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 1968 Birthday Shannon Sturges, born in Hollywood, California, actress, daytime soap opera veteran, appeared in television shows Passions, Charmed, Savannah, Days of Our Lives 1967 Death Nelson Eddy, U.S. baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65 1967 Death Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92 1966 Death Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies 1966 Event Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center 1966 Event 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV 1966 Event Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center 1964 Event Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam 1964 Event Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin 1963 Event Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone" 1963 Event Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City 1962 Event D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow 1962 Death Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78 1961 Birthday Sarah Brightman, actress and singer, Phantom of the Opera 1961 Event Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen 1961 Death James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 1960 Death Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 1960 Death Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 1959 Death Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack 1958 Death Leo Blech, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer, dies at 87 1957 Birthday Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer, Intelligence Park 1957 Event Paul Hindemith' opera "Harmonie der Welt," premieres in Munich 1957 Death Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1957 Event Bernanos and Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres 1956 Event Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres 1956 Death Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 1956 Death Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 1956 Death Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at 61 1955 Event New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) 1954 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in New York City 1954 Event William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London 1954 Death Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer, Puccini's Turandot, dies at 78 1954 Event B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice 1954 Death Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies 1954 Birthday Robert Davi, born in Astoria, New York, opera singer and actor, Gangster Chronicles 1954 Death Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 1954 Event 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres 1954 Event Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres 1953 Death Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies 1952 Birthday Ashley Putnam, born in New York City, soprano, New York City Opera 1978 1952 Event "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV 1951 Event 1st televised opera (Amahl and Night Visitor) 1951 Event Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London 1951 Birthday Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co, Aida 1951 Event Stravinsky's opera "Rake's Progress," premieres in Venice 1951 Event TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS 1951 Birthday Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1950 Event "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1950 Event "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1950 Event Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris 1950 Birthday Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet, Deutsche Opera Berlin 1950 Birthday Maria Ewing, born in Detroit, Michigan, opera singer, soprano, mezzo-soprano, debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 'The Marriage of Figaro', 1976 1950 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in New York City 1949 Death Sam Wood, U.S. communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66 1948 Event 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City) 1948 Birthday Linda Esther Gray, opera singer 1948 Event Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge 1948 Birthday Catherine Malfitano, born in New York City, soprano, Metropolitan Opera 1947 Event 1st broadcast of 1st U.S. TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" 1947 Event Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Jose Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor, I Lombardi, Three Tenors 1946 Death Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63 1946 Birthday Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano, New York City Opera 1945 Birthday Jessye Norman, U.S., opera singer, Carmen 1945 Birthday John Mauceri, born in New York City, conductor, Washington D.C. Opera 1945 Event Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London 1944 Birthday Thomas Allen, British opera singer 1944 Birthday Teresa Cahill, opera singer 1944 Birthday Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1943 Event 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York 1943 Birthday Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 1943 Birthday James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, dir, Metropolitan Opera 1942 Birthday Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1942 Birthday Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star, Phantom of the Opera 1941 Birthday Micki Grant, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, singer, soprano, actress, writer, composer, appeared on NBC's Another World, became first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera 1941 Birthday Judith Blegen, born in Missoula, Montana, opera singer, Papagena-Magic Flute 1941 Birthday Placido Domingo, born in Madrid, Spain, opera tenor, Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly 1940 Birthday Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1940 Birthday Josephine Barstow, opera singer 1940 Event Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro 1940 Event 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci 1939 Birthday Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970 1938 Birthday Gwynne Howell, British opera singer 1938 Event Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich 1937 Birthday Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide 1937 Birthday Neeme Jarvi, born in Tallinn, Estonia, conductor, Estonia Opera 1971 1937 Death Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 1937 Birthday Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano, Victor-Victoria 1937 Birthday Martina Arroyo, New York City, opera soprano, New York Met 1937 Event 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio 1936 Event Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera 1935 Event Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth" 1935 Birthday Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator 1935 Birthday Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor, Dresden State Opera 1961 1935 Death Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68 1935 Birthday Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer, Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion 1935 Birthday Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital 1935 Birthday Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Birthday Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Event Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" 1934 Birthday Thomas Paul, born in Chicago, Illinois, bass, New York City Opera 1963-70 1934 Event Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in New York City 1934 Event Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in New York City 1934 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad 1933 Birthday Frederico Davia, opera singer 1933 Event Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden 1933 Birthday Darijan Bozic, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, composer, conductor, manager, artistic director of The Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 1933 Event Kroll Opera in Berlin opens 1932 Birthday Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1932 Birthday Elaine Malbin, opera singer 1932 Birthday Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer 1932 Birthday Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris, France, opera director, Carmina Burana 1931 Event New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio 1931 Event Cornerstones laid for Opera House and Veteran's Building 1931 Event U.S. opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera New York City 1931 Birthday Ib Norholm, born in Soborg, Copenhagen, Danish organist, composer, won Carl Nielsen Prize, 1971, wrote opera, 'The Young Park' 1930 Birthday Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg, West Virginia, soprano, New York City Opera 1930 Event Sjostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premiers in Lenningrad 1930 Birthday Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House 1930 Death Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61 1930 Birthday Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer, Lassiter, Ruling Class 1930 Event Arnold Schonbergs opera premieres in Frankfurt 1930 Event Shostakovich' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad 1929 Birthday Istvan Kertesz, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1953-57 1929 Birthday Beverly Sills, born in New York, opera singer, popularized opera, called "America's Queen of Opera" by Time magazine 1928 Birthday Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano, Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54 1928 Birthday Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Birthday Teresa Stich-Randall, U.S. soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Death Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway 1927 Birthday Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera 1927 Birthday William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1927 Birthday Lusine Amara, opera and concert singer 1927 Event Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres 1927 Birthday Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist, Leiser Wolf in Anatevka 1927 Birthday Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess 1927 Event 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago) 1926 Event Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris 1926 Birthday Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera 1926 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan 1926 Birthday Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder, Scottish Opera 1925 Event Willem Landre's opera "Beatrice" premiers in The Hague 1925 Birthday Nicolai Gedda, born in Stockholm, Sweden, opera tenor, Opera Two to Six 1925 Birthday Giselher W. Kleber, German, opera, composer, Die Rauber 1925 Birthday Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer, Scenes and Arias 1925 Event Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin 1924 Birthday Frank Corsaro, New York harbor, opera director 1924 Event Arnold Schonbergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna 1924 Birthday Norman Ayrton, opera director, Royal Shakespearean Academy - UK 1924 Birthday Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1924 Birthday Murray Dickie, opera singer and director 1924 Birthday Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff 1923 Birthday Maria Callas, opera singer, Carmen 1923 Birthday Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera 1922 Birthday Hubert H. A. Beckers, Curaeaoan opera singer 1922 Event Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera 1922 Birthday Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1922 Birthday Daphne Anderson, born in London, actress, Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice 1922 Birthday Geraint Evans, British opera vocalist, Knaben Wunderhorn 1921 Event Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova," premieres in Brno 1921 Death Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67 1921 Birthday Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1921 Death Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 1921 Birthday Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 1920 Birthday Harold Samuel Shapero, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, 9 Minute Opera 1920 Birthday Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera 1920 Birthday Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano, Interrupted Melody 1919 Birthday Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer/Alzheimer disease activist 1919 Event Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London) 1919 Birthday Antony Tudor, born in England, choreographer, Metropolitan Opera 1957 1919 Birthday Leon Kirchner, born in Brooklyn, New York, opera composer, Lily 1918 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday Astrid Varnay, born in Stockholm, Sweden, soprano, Met Opera 1941-56 1918 Birthday Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House 1918 Birthday Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm 1918 Event Franz Lehars opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest 1917 Birthday Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer and conductor 1917 Birthday Alan Ande Anderson, opera director 1917 Birthday Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera 1917 Birthday Wieland Wagner, German opera director 1916 Birthday Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sweden, opera composer, Herr von Hancken 1916 Birthday Eleanor Steber, opera singer 1916 Death Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48 1916 Event Opera "Goyescas," premieres (New York City) 1915 Event Dutch Opera's 1st performance 1915 Birthday Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer 1915 Birthday Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer, Verdi/Puccini 1915 Event Giordano, Sardou and Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gane" premieres in New York City 1914 Death Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 1914 Birthday Wolfgang Windgassen, born in Annemasse, Germany, tenor, Stuttgart Opera 1914 Event Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris 1914 Event Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin 1914 Event Opera "Madeleine," premieres in New York City 1913 Birthday Benjamin Britten, born in Suffolk, England, opera composer 1913 Birthday Benjamin Britten, Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer, Beggar's Opera 1913 Birthday Richard Tucker, Reuben Ticker, born in Brooklyn, New York, Tenor, New York Met Opera 1913 Birthday Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera 1913 Birthday Ljuba Welitsch, born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano, Nedda-Pagliacci 1913 Birthday Rise Stevens, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera, actor, Going My Way 1913 Birthday Constance Shacklock, opera singer 1913 Event Gabriel Faure's opera "Penelope," premieres in Monte Carlo 1913 Birthday Nadine Conner, U.S., opera singer, Carmen, La Boheme 1913 Birthday Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1912 Death Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 1912 Birthday Edgar Evans, born in Cardiganshire, Wales, tenor, singer, founder of Covent Garden Opera Company, performed more than 45 roles 1912 Death Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1911 Event Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin) 1911 Event Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance 1911 Event Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris 1911 Birthday Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director, Netherlands Opera 1911 Birthday Leonard Warren, born in New York City, baritone, Metropolitan Opera 1939 - 1960 1911 Birthday Gunther Rennert, born in Essen, Germany, opera director and producer 1911 Birthday Francesco Siciliani, opera composer 1911 Event Opera "Natoma," premieres in Philadelphia 1911 Event Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in New York City 1911 Event Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden 1910 Event Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (New York City) 1910 Birthday Sylvia Fisher, soprano, Albert Herring Opera 1910 Event 1st opera by an U.S. composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York City 1910 Event Opera "Germania," premieres in New York City 1909 Event Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich) 1909 Birthday Chris Reumer, Dutch opera singer 1908 Event Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera 1908 Death Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 1908 Birthday Peter Anders, German opera singer 1908 Birthday Zinka Milanov, Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano, Ljublama Opera 1927 1908 Event John Blockx' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp 1908 Event Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170 1907 Event G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera 1907 Birthday Jarmila Novotna, soprano, Met Opera, President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68 1907 Event Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris 1907 Birthday Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1907 Birthday Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer, Orestes 1906 Death Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies 1906 Birthday Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute 1906 Birthday Antal Dorati, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Dresden Opera 1928-29 1905 Event Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden 1905 Birthday Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet 1905 Birthday Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer and conductor, Fantasia Irica 1904 Birthday Jan Peerce, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera 1904 Birthday Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris 1904 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan 1904 Event Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa," premieres in Brno 1904 Birthday James Melton, Moultrie, Georgia, opera tenor, Ford Festival 1903 Event Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) 1903 Event Enrico Caruso U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in "Rigoletto" 1903 Event Eugen d'Alberts opera "Tiefland," premieres in Prague 1903 Birthday Mary Philbin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Phantom of the Opera 1903 Birthday Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British, opera, composer, Beatrice Cenci 1903 Event Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel 1902 Event Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna 1902 Event Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris 1902 Event Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo 1902 Event Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo 1902 Birthday Rudolph Bing, opera manager, New York Metropolitan Opera 1901 Event Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden 1901 Event Opera "Griselidis" is produced (Paris) 1900 Birthday Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter, opera stars 1900 Event Gabriel Faures opera "Promethee," premieres in Beziers 1900 Birthday Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47 1900 Birthday Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style 1900 Event Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris 1900 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome 1900 Event Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris 1899 Birthday Hans Krasa, Czechoslovakian opera composer, Brundibar 1899 Birthday Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Graz Opera 1947-50 1899 Birthday Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress, Driestuivers Opera 1898 Event Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome) 1898 Birthday Viktor Ullmann, opera composer, Der Kaiser von Atlantis 1897 Event Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera 1897 Event Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel 1897 Birthday Rosa Ponselle, opera diva, Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino 1896 Event The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) 1896 Event Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier," premieres in Milan 1896 Event Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin 1896 Birthday Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer, Bird's Opera 1896 Event Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona 1895 Birthday Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer 1894 Birthday Norman Kerry, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Phantom of the Opera 1894 Event Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in New York City 1894 Event Jules Massenet's opera "Thais," premieres in Paris 1893 Event Opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar) 1893 Birthday Alois Haba, Czechoslovakia, opera, composer, Mother 1893 Event Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) 1893 Event Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan 1893 Event Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin 1892 Event Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala) 1892 Event New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1892 Event Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan 1892 Event Opera "Werther," premieres in Vienna 1891 Event Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris 1890 Event Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe 1890 Event St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg 1890 Event Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St. Petersburg) 1890 Event Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago 1890 Event Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry," premieres in Rome 1889 Event Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris 1888 Birthday Miles Malleson, writer and actor, Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock 1888 Event Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris 1887 Event Opera "Trumpeter of Sackingen" 1st American production (New York City) 1887 Birthday Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Austria, singer, Vienna Opera 1887 Event Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1887 Event Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgre Luis," premieres in Paris 1887 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy 1886 Event Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London 1885 Event Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna 1885 Event Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) 1885 Event Opera "Ermine," premieres in London 1885 Event Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna 1885 Birthday Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer, New York Met 1885 Event Opera "Lakme" is produced, Paris 1885 Event "Mikado" opera premieres in London 1885 Event Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London 1884 Birthday Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor, Threepenny Opera 1884 Event Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris 1883 Birthday Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer 1883 Event Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1883 Event Leo Delibes' opera "Lakme," premieres in Paris 1883 Birthday Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera 1882 Birthday Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer 1882 Event Opera "Parsifal" is produced (Beirut) 1882 Death Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 1882 Event Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1882 Event Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal" 1881 Event Opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) 1881 Event Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague 1881 Event Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London 1881 Event Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1881 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris 1879 Event Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York City) 1879 Event Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow 1879 Birthday Joseph Haas, German, opera, composer, Tobias Wunderlich 1878 Event Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London 1878 Event Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House 1877 Event Camille Saint-Saens' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar 1877 Event Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) 1877 Event Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) 1877 Birthday Gibson Gowland, England, actor, Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera 1876 Event Opera "Gotterdammerung" premieres in Bayreuth 1876 Event Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth 1876 Event Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan 1876 Birthday Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer, Il dottore Antonio 1875 Event Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris) 1875 Event Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris 1875 Death Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 1874 Event Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna 1874 Birthday Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star 1874 Event Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg 1873 Event Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris 1871 Death Daniel-Franeois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89 1871 Event Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo) 1871 Birthday Leo Blech, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer 1870 Event Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich 1870 Event Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich) 1870 Event The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan 1869 Event Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich 1869 Birthday Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor 1868 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in New York City 1868 Event Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich 1868 Event Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague 1868 Event The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris 1868 Event Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan 1868 Birthday Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna, Dutch Opera 1867 Event Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) 1867 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris 1867 Birthday Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co 1867 Birthday Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor, Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth 1866 Event Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris) 1866 Event Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) 1866 Event Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori vs. Cechach," premieres in Prague 1865 Event Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris 1865 Event Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris) 1865 Event Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens 1864 Event Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris 1863 Event Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris) 1863 Event George Bizets opera "Les Pacheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris 1862 Event Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia) 1862 Event Berlioz' opera "Beatrice et Benedict," premieres in Baden-Baden 1862 Death Fromental Halevy, Elie Levy, French opera composer, dies at 62 1862 Event Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris 1862 Event Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London 1862 Birthday Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor, College, Phantom of the Opera 1860 Birthday Gustave Charpentier, French composer, opera Louise 1859 Event Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) 1859 Event Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris 1859 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli 1858 Birthday Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy, opera composer, La Boheme, La Tosca 1858 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orphee aux Enfers," premieres in Paris 1858 Event Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London 1858 Event Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples) 1857 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice 1856 Event Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire 1855 Event George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in New York City 1855 Event Opera "Les Vapres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) 1854 Birthday Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer, Parisfal 1854 Birthday Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director, Youth 1853 Event Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice 1853 Event Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome 1852 Event Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St. Petersburg 1851 Event Opera "La Perle Du Bresil" is produced (Paris) 1851 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice 1851 Birthday Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg 1850 Event Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany 1850 Birthday Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major 1849 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples 1849 Event Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed) 1849 Event Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris 1849 Event Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris 1849 Event Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres 1848 Birthday Lilli Lehmann, opera singer 1847 Event Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) 1847 Birthday Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian songwriter, libretti opera Puccini 1847 Event "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence 1846 Event Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) 1846 Birthday Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright, Kohinoor 1845 Event Opera "Maritana" is produced (London) 1845 Event Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden) 1845 Event Richard Wagners opera "Tannhauser," premieres in Dresden 1844 Event Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) 1844 Birthday Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario, Ivanhoe 1844 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice 1843 Event Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London) 1843 Birthday Adelina Patti, born in Madrid, Spain, opera soprano, Lucio 1843 Event Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan 1843 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris 1843 Event Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" premieres, Dresden 1842 Event St. M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg 1842 Event Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London) 1842 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan 1842 Birthday Carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder, Rosa opera company 1842 Event Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris 1840 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris 1840 Event Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) 1840 Event Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris 1839 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan 1839 Birthday Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer, Munich Conser 1838 Event Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris 1836 Event Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris 1835 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples 1835 Death Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33 1835 Event Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris 1835 Event Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris 1833 Event Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan 1832 Birthday Ivan Zajc, born in Rijeka, Croatia, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855 1832 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan 1832 Death Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 1831 Event Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan 1831 Event Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) 1831 Event Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan 1831 Event Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan 1830 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan 1830 Event V Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice 1830 Event Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris 1829 Event Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris) 1828 Event Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory," premieres in Paris 1826 Event Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London 1825 Event 1st Italian opera in U.S., "Barber of Seville" premieres (New York City) 1825 Event 1st grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City 1824 Event Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice 1823 Event Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice 1821 Event Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin) 1820 Event Opera "Die Jagarsbraut" is completed 1818 Birthday Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust 1818 Event Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra" 1817 Death Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, opera composer (Chant du depart), dies at 54 1817 Event Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome 1816 Event Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome 1816 Event Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville," premieres in Rome 1810 Event "Converse," 1st U.S. opera, premieres in New York 1809 Event Royal Opera House in London opens 1805 Event Opera "Thais" 1st American performance 1804 Birthday Julius Benedict, Stuttgart Germany, opera composer, Protoghesi 1804 Death Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, Italian opera composer, dies at 75 1801 Birthday Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer, La Sonnambula, Norma 1800 Event Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen," premieres in Freiburg 1797 Event Cherubini's opera "Medee," premieres in Paris 1797 Death Antoine d'Auvergne, French opera composer (Coquette Trompee), dies at 83 1792 Event Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera 1792 Event D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna 1791 Event Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna 1791 Event Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague 1791 Birthday Louis-J-Ferdinand Herold, France, opera composer, Zampa 1790 Event Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna 1790 Event Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna 1787 Event Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1786 Event Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 1784 Birthday John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English, opera, composer/diplomat 1782 Event Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna 1782 Birthday Daniel-Franeois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, Fra Diavolo 1781 Event Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich 1779 Death Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 1778 Event Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris 1775 Event Opera "Il Re Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) 1774 Event CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris 1770 Event Date of action in the opera "Madeleine" 1768 Death Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78 1767 Event Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers 1767 Event Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg 1763 Birthday Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, French organist/opera composer, Le Jeune Henri 1762 Event Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1762 Birthday Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, born in Portugal, opera composer, Portogallo 1762 Event Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London 1752 Event Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" 1752 Death John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85 1744 Death Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer, dies at 64 1740 Death Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 1735 Event 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, South Carolina 1735 Event 1st opera in U.S. "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC 1732 Death John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 1731 Event Georg F Handels opera "Poro," premieres in London 1728 Event Georg F Handels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London 1728 Event Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London 1728 Event John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London 1727 Birthday Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/band leader, Farnace 1726 Event Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris 1725 Event Georg F. Handels opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London 1725 Event Georg F Handels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London 1723 Event Georg Friedrich Handel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London 1723 Event Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London 1711 Event Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London 1711 Event Handels opera Rinaldo, premieres 1706 Birthday Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer, opera's buffa 1705 Event Georg F Handels 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg 1690 Birthday Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer 1689 Event Henry Purcell and Tates opera "Dido and Aeneas," premieres in Chesea 1686 Event Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris 1685 Birthday John Gay, English poet, Beggar's Opera 1685 Birthday John Gay, author, Baggars' Opera 1680 Event Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens 1679 Birthday Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer 1679 Event Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris 1676 Death Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73 1676 Death Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian (opera)composer, dies at 73 1670 Birthday Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian, opera, composer 1668 Event Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna 1656 Death Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55 1649 Birthday John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized 1649 Event Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice 1643 Death Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 1642 Death Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 1633 Death Jacopo Peri, Italian opera composer, dies at 71 1633 Event M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome 1607 Event Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua 1602 Birthday Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer 1600 Event Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published 1582 Birthday Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer 1563 Birthday Franciscus Gomarus, Francois Gomaer, Dutch theologist/opera singer 1560 Death Peter S Lotichius, Peter Lotz, German poet (Opera omnia), dies
