May 2007


1892: Premiere of Pagliacci, opera by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.

1896: Clara (Josephine) Wieck Schumann, pianist and composer, died.

1842: Premiere of Linda di Chamounix, opera by Donizetti.

1911: Premiere of L’Heure espagnole, opera by Ravel.

1954: Charles Ives, composer, died.

1779: Premiere of Iphigénie en Tauride, opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

1901: Henri Sauguet, composer and critic, born.

1907: Clifford Curzon, pianist, born.

1909: Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz, composer, died.

1911: Gustav Mahler, composer and conductor, died.

1866: Erik Satie, composer, born.

1890: Premiere of Cavalleria Rusticana, opera by Pietro Mascagni.

1918: Birgit Nilsson, soprano, born.

1935: Paul Dukas, composer, died.

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