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November 3 — On This Day in Opera

This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on November 3, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.

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Premieres & milestones

1770 Premiere
World premiere of Gluck’s reform opera "Paride ed Elena" at the Burgtheater, Vienna.
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1810 Premiere
World premiere of Rossini’s first staged opera, "La cambiale di matrimonio," at Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
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1810 Premiere
Contemporary Italian sources confirm the Venice premiere date for Rossini’s "La cambiale di matrimonio."
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1844 Premiere
World premiere of Verdi’s "I due Foscari" at Teatro Argentina, Rome.
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1864 Premiere
World premiere of George Alexander Macfarren’s opera "Helvellyn" at Covent Garden, London.
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1900 Premiere
World premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" at the Solodovnikov Theatre, Moscow.
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1900 Premiere
Moscow premiere details for "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (conductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, designs by Vrubel).
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1946 Premiere
First performance of Prokofiev’s opera "Betrothal in a Monastery" at the Kirov Theatre, Leningrad.
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1970 Premiere
World premiere of Felipe Padilla de León’s opera "El Filibusterismo" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila.
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Births & deaths

1801 Born
Birth of Vincenzo Bellini, seminal Italian bel canto opera composer, in Catania, Sicily.
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1956 Died
Death of German operatic soprano Johanna Geisler (also known as Johanna Klemperer).
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1983 Born
Birth of Kosovan operatic tenor Rame Lahaj.
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