Mon 23 Apr 2007
This Day in Classical Music History: April 23
Posted by under Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus , This Day in History , Opera , Prévost, Eugène , Leoncavallo, Ruggiero 1775: Premiere of Il Re pastore, opera by W. A. Mozart.
1809: Eugène (Prosper) Prévost, composer and singing teacher, born.
1857: Ruggiero Leoncavallo, composer, born.