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Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Amilcare Ponchielli Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886) Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Victor Massé Victor Massé (1822–1884)

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Today in Opera History — July 1

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1818
Birth of Austrian mezzo-soprano Henrietta Treffz, who later had a prominent operatic career in Vienna.
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1819
Rossini's "L'inganno felice" received its first UK performance at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London.
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1899
"La bohème" entered the Royal Italian Opera repertory at Covent Garden with Nellie Melba as Mimì.
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1908
German operatic tenor Peter Anders was born in Essen.
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1913
Mussorgsky's "Khovanshchina" received its first UK performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
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