Sat 16 Jun 2007
This Day in Classical Music History: June 16
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1937: Premiere of The Cradle Will Rock, a “play with music” by Marc Blitzstein, banned by The Federal Theatre in the United States.
1952: Jerry Hadley, tenor, born.
1973: Premiere of Death in Venice, opera by Britten.