November 2 — On This Day in Opera

English performance of Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny’s opéra comique "Le déserteur" at Covent Garden, London.

World premiere of Niccolò Piccinni’s opera "Pénélope" at the Palace of Fontainebleau in the presence of Louis XVI.

World premiere of Antonio Salieri’s tragédie lyrique "Les Horaces" at the Palace of Fontainebleau.

Premiere of César Cui’s opera "The Saracen" at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg (Old Style; Nov 14 New Style).

World premiere of Leo Fall’s operetta "Die Dollarprinzessin" at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna.

Vittorio Giannini's radio opera "Blennerhassett", with a libretto by Phillip Roll and revisions by Norman Corwin, received its world premiere in a CBS Radio broadcast.

Premiere of the revised version of Giselher Klebe’s opera "Das Mädchen aus Domrémy" at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.

World premiere of Philippe Hersant’s opera "Les Éclairs" at the Opéra-Comique, Paris.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer and violinist who later worked at the Viennese court opera and became an important composer of German Singspiel, was born in Vienna.

Death of Swedish soprano Jenny Lind (“the Swedish Nightingale”) in Malvern, Worcestershire.

Jenny Lind, the celebrated Swedish operatic soprano known as the "Swedish Nightingale", died at Wynd's Point in Herefordshire, England.

Luchino Visconti, the Italian stage, film and opera director closely associated with landmark productions at La Scala, was born in Milan.

Birth of Swedish Wagnerian baritone Sigurd Björling.

Death of English baritone and Savoy Operas principal Fred Billington.

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer who later appeared at leading opera houses including La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera and Covent Garden, was born in Venice.

Birth of Scottish operatic soprano Marie McLaughlin.

Dimitri Mitropoulos, the Greek-American conductor and major Metropolitan Opera figure, died after suffering a fatal heart attack while rehearsing Mahler's Third Symphony with the orchestra of Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Birth of French soprano Mireille Delunsch.