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