April 6 — On This Day in Opera

A fire destroyed the Palais-Royal theatre used by the Paris Opéra, killing two people.

Italian opera composer and reform precursor (composer of "Ifigenia in Tauride") died in Venice.

Luigi Cherubini’s opera "Les Abencérages ou L’Étendard de Grenade" received its first performance at the Académie Impériale de Musique (Paris Opéra).

Covent Garden reopened as the Royal Italian Opera with a performance of Rossini’s "Semiramide".

The Paris premiere of Wagner’s "Rienzi" opened at the Théâtre-Lyrique under Jules Pasdeloup.

André Messager’s opéra-comique "Le bourgeois de Calais" was first performed at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (Paris).

German-born American composer and conductor (composer of the opera "A Streetcar Named Desire") was born in Berlin.

Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky (composer of "The Rake’s Progress") died in New York City.

Detlev Glanert’s chamber opera "Le Journal de Nijinsky" was premiered in Aachen.