September 21 — On This Day in Opera

Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" received its earliest known performance outside Vienna in Lemberg, now Lviv, with further performances following on September 22 and 23.

Revised version of Bohuslav Martinů’s opera *The Marriage* premiered at Theater Bonn, conducted by Udo Zimmermann.

World premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s opera "Dead Man Walking" at San Francisco Opera.

Rene Orth's opera "10 Days in a Madhouse", with a libretto by Hannah Moscovitch inspired by Nellie Bly's 1887 investigative account, received its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia.

Season opener at the Metropolitan Opera with the company premiere of "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay".

Chicago Opera Theater presents "Trusted", a contemporary opera by Aaron Israel Levin, in workshop form.

Marc Blitzstein's previously unperformed one-act opera "Parabola and Circula", composed in 1929–30, received its world premiere in concert at the Philharmonie in Berlin.

Emanuel Schikaneder, actor, singer, theatre impresario, and librettist of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", died in Vienna.

Gustav Holst, English composer whose operas include "Sāvitri", "The Perfect Fool", and "At the Boar's Head", was born in Cheltenham.

Birth of Lina Coen, French-American musician regarded as the first woman in the United States to conduct an opera.

Jill Gomez, Trinidadian-British soprano whose operatic repertoire ranged from Mozart and Verdi to contemporary works including "The Knot Garden" and "Powder Her Face", was born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana.

Birth of American bass-baritone John Del Carlo, a longtime Metropolitan Opera artist noted for Verdi and bel canto roles.

Agnes Nicholls, English dramatic soprano noted for Wagner roles including Brünnhilde, Isolde, and Sieglinde and for performances at Covent Garden, died in London.