September 23 — On This Day in Opera

Frederick Delius's "Koanga" received its first performance at Covent Garden, presented in the original English with textual revisions by Thomas Beecham and E. Agate.

The Metropolitan Opera opened its 2024–25 season with the company premiere of Jeanine Tesori and George Brant's "Grounded", starring Emily D'Angelo and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer whose works include "Norma", "La sonnambula", and "I puritani", died in Puteaux near Paris at age 33.

Death of famed Spanish opera singer Maria Malibran following a stage collapse in Manchester.

Birth of Greek operatic bass Nicola Moscona, who sang at the Metropolitan Opera in over 700 performances.

Jarmila Novotná, Czech opera singer and actress who became one of the prominent lyric sopranos of her generation, was born in Prague.

Sándor Kónya, Hungarian tenor internationally celebrated for Wagner roles, especially the title role in "Lohengrin" and Walther von Stolzing in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", was born in Sarkád, Hungary.

Birth of Azerbaijani operatic soprano Franghiz Ahmadova, a longtime soloist with the Azerbaijani State Opera.

Death of American mezzo-soprano Coe Glade (famous for singing *Carmen* nearly 2,000 times).