Premieres today

Gustav Albert Lortzing (1851) 170 years ago

Premiere of Deie Opernprobe, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Johannes Brahms (1880) 141 years ago

Premiere of the rhapsodies for piano in b minor and g minor op. 79, in Krefeld, Germany, with Brahms at the piano.

Alfredo Catalani (1892) 129 years ago

Premiere of La Wally, in Milan, Italy.

Franz Lehár (1934) 87 years ago

Premiere of Giuditta, in Vienna, Austria.

Werner Egk (1940) 81 years ago

Premiere of Joan von Zarissa, in Berlin, Germany.

Paul Hindemith (1944) 77 years ago

Premiere of Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by C.M. von Weber, in New York, USA.

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