July 1 — On This Day in Opera

Birth of Austrian mezzo-soprano Henrietta Treffz, who later had a prominent operatic career in Vienna.

Rossini's "L'inganno felice" received its first UK performance at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London.

"La bohème" entered the Royal Italian Opera repertory at Covent Garden with Nellie Melba as Mimì.

German operatic tenor Peter Anders was born in Essen.

Mussorgsky's "Khovanshchina" received its first UK performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

German composer Hans Werner Henze, later a major opera composer, was born in Gütersloh.

Richard Strauss's "Arabella" received its world premiere at the Sächsisches Staatstheater in Dresden.

American operatic soprano Evelyn Lear died in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

A revival production of Leonardo Vinci’s opera *Artaserse* was staged at DePaul University's Jarvis Opera Hall (Chicago), offering audiences a rarely performed baroque work.