1871
Premiere
Giuseppe Verdi’s opera "Aida" had its world premiere at the Opera House in Cairo.
December 24 — On This Day in Opera
This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on December 24, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.
Premieres & milestones
1951
Premiere
Gian Carlo Menotti’s television opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" premiered (NBC Opera Theatre, broadcast from NBC Studio 8H in New York).
Births & deaths
1859
Born
Polish composer Roman Statkowski (notable for operas and chamber works) was born in Szczypiorno near Kalisz.
1879
Born
Ukrainian composer and musicologist Stanislav Lyudkevych was born (active in large-scale vocal/orchestral music; included here as a documented classical-music birth on this date).
1927
Born
American soprano Teresa Stich-Randall was born (later a major Mozart and Strauss interpreter in Europe).
1935
Died
Austrian composer Alban Berg (composer of the operas "Wozzeck" and "Lulu") died in Vienna.
1950
Born
American composer Libby Larsen was born in Wilmington, Delaware (composer of multiple vocal/theatrical works including operas).
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