1651
On 1651-11-28, Francesco Cavalli's opera "La Calisto" received its premiere at the Teatro Sant'Apollinare in Venice.
November 28 — On This Day in Opera
This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on November 28, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.
1822
On 1822-11-28, Étienne Méhul's posthumous opera "Valentine de Milan" premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, completed by his nephew Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul.
1843
On 1843-11-28, Giovanni Pacini's opera "Medea" (Medea: melodramma tragico in tre atti) premiered at the Real Teatro Carolino in Palermo.
1872
On 1872-11-28, American lyric coloratura soprano Suzanne Adams was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1877
On 1877-11-28, Emmanuel Chabrier's opéra bouffe "L'étoile" received its world premiere at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
1888
On 1888-11-28, Russian soprano Oda Slobodskaya (who later became a British citizen) was born in Vilno, then in the Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania).
1896
On 1896-11-28 (Julian calendar; 1896-12-10 Gregorian), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's revised and re-orchestrated version of Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" was premiered in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
1904
On 1904-11-28, American lyric soprano Helen Jepson, later a leading singer at the Metropolitan Opera, was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
1907
On 1907-11-28, Italian operatic baritone and vocal pedagogue Enrico Delle Sedie died in La Garenne-Colombes, France.
1930
On 1930-11-28, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Yerevan Opera Theatre (Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet) took place during celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Soviet Armenia.
1948
On 1948-11-28, Romanian operatic soprano Mariana Nicolesco was born in Găujani, Giurgiu County, Romania.
1983
On 1983-11-28, Olivier Messiaen's only opera "Saint François d'Assise" received its first performance at the Paris Opéra, Palais Garnier, conducted by Seiji Ozawa.
2012
On 2012-11-28, Swiss-based soprano of American birth Gloria Davy, noted as the first Black artist to sing Verdi's Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, died in Geneva at the age of 81.
2021
On 2021-11-28, Peter Eötvös's opera "Sleepless" received its world premiere at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.