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September 11 — On This Day in Opera

This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on September 11, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.

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Premieres & milestones

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov completed "The Golden Cockerel", his final opera, after finishing its orchestration.
1907
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov completed "The Golden Cockerel", his final opera, after finishing its orchestration.
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Births & deaths

1799 Born
Giuseppe Persiani, Italian opera composer best known for "Ines de Castro", was born in Recanati.
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1919 Born
Birth of American operatic soprano Margaret Elinor Tynes, known for her Verdi and Strauss roles.
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Elisabetta Barbato, Italian soprano who sang at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera and was noted for Verdi and Puccini roles, was born in Barletta, Italy.
1921 Born
Elisabetta Barbato, Italian soprano who sang at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera and was noted for Verdi and Puccini roles, was born in Barletta, Italy.
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1930 Born
Birth of Australian operatic bass Clifford Grant, known for his performances with Sadler’s Wells and the Metropolitan Opera.
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Ramón Vargas, Mexican lyric tenor internationally associated with the bel canto repertoire and operas by Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, and Verdi, was born in Mexico City.
1960 Born
Ramón Vargas, Mexican lyric tenor internationally associated with the bel canto repertoire and operas by Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, and Verdi, was born in Mexico City.
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1973 Died
Martha Angelici, French soprano particularly associated with the French lyric and Baroque repertoire and a longtime singer at the Opéra-Comique, died in Ajaccio, Corsica.
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1996 Died
Death of Neapolitan opera composer Gioacchino Cocchi, best known for the opera *La maestra*.
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2020 Died
Death of German contralto and opera director Annette Jahns, longtime performer at the Semperoper.
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