Tue 8 May 2007
1745: Carl Stamitz, composer and violinist, baptized (approx. date of birth).
1946: Premiere of The Medium, opera by Menotti.
1990: Luigi Nono, composer, died.
Mon 7 May 2007
1818: Leopold Kozeluch, Bohemian composer, died.
1833: Johannes Brahms, composer, born.
1883: The Royal College of Music in London opened for the first time.
1947: Premiere of The Mother of Us All, opera by V. Thomson.
Sun 6 May 2007
1897: Premiere of Leoncavallo’s (not Puccini’s) opera La Bohème in Venice.
Tue 1 May 2007
1769: Premiere of La Finta semplice, opera by W. A. Mozart.
1786: Premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera by W. A. Mozart.
1904: Antonín Dvořák, composer, died.
Mon 30 Apr 2007
1855: Henry (Rowley) Bishop, conductor and composer, died.
1870: Ferencz (Franz) Lehár, composer, born.
1902: Premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande, opera by Debussy.
1916: Robert Shaw, conductor, born.