August 1 — On This Day in Opera

The extensively revised three-act version of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "La Cythère assiégée" received its first performance at the Paris Opéra.

Italian operatic baritone and influential voice teacher Antonio Cotogni was born in Rome.

Birth of Italian dramatic soprano Giuseppina Cobelli, who sang at La Scala and created the role of Silvana in Respighi’s *La fiamma* (1934).

German-American opera impresario Oscar Hammerstein I, founder of the Manhattan Opera Company and builder of several New York opera houses, died in Manhattan.

Italian composer and musicologist Gian Francesco Malipiero, whose output included numerous operas and music-theater works, died in Asolo.

Francesco Cavalli's "L'Egisto" received its United States premiere at Santa Fe Opera in a realization conducted by Raymond Leppard.

Jennifer Higdon's first opera, "Cold Mountain", with a libretto by Gene Scheer, received its world premiere at Santa Fe Opera.

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's opera "If I Were You" received its world premiere at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre, presented by the Merola Opera Program.