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Premieres today

Gustav Albert Lortzing (1846) 177 years ago
Premiere of Der Waffenschmied, in Vienna, Austria.
Bedřich Smetana (1866) 157 years ago
Premiere of The Bartered Bride, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Igor Stravinsky (1927) 96 years ago
Premiere of Oedipus Rex, in Paris, France.
Walter Piston (1938) 85 years ago
Premiere of The Incredible Flutist, in Boston, USA.
Luigi Nono (1955) 68 years ago
Premiere of Incontri, in Darmstadt, Germany.
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1956) 67 years ago
Premiere of Gesang der Jünglinge, in Cologne, Germany.
Benjamin Britten (1962) 61 years ago
Premiere of War Requiem, in Coventry, England, with Britten conducting.
Morton Feldman (1986) 37 years ago
Premiere of Coptic Light, in New York, USA.
Aharon Harlap (2005) 18 years ago
Premiere of the opera “Therese Raquin”, in Jerusalem, Israel.