1893
Premiere
World premiere of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera "I Medici" at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan.
November 6 — On This Day in Opera
This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on November 6, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.
Premieres & milestones
1902
Premiere
Francesco Cilea's opera "Adriana Lecouvreur", with a libretto by Arturo Colautti after the play by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé, received its world premiere at the Teatro Lirico in Milan.
1924
Premiere
Leoš Janáček's opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" received its world premiere at the National Theatre in Brno, conducted by František Neumann.
1947
Premiere
Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes" received its Royal Opera House and Covent Garden Opera Company premiere in London.
1955
Premiere
Television world premiere of Lukas Foss’s opera "Griffelkin" in an NBC Opera Theatre nationwide telecast.
1982
Premiere
Official world stage premiere of Bernard Herrmann’s opera "Wuthering Heights" by Portland Opera, Oregon.
2007
Premiere
World premiere of Daron Hagen’s chamber opera "The Antient Concert" at the Century Center for the Performing Arts, New York City.
Births & deaths
1672
Died
Death of Heinrich Schütz, seminal German Baroque composer associated with early German opera.
1795
Died
Death of Georg (Jiří Antonín) Benda, Bohemian composer influential for melodramas and Singspiele.
1868
Born
Birth of Swedish baritone and Royal Swedish Opera director John Forsell in Stockholm.
1923
Born
Renato Capecchi, the Italian baritone and stage director who later sang at La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden and major European opera houses, was born in Cairo.
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