Born on this day in 1910 composer Samuel Barber; also born on this day in 1930 conductor Thomas Schippers.
Operatic premieres:
- Verdi’s Nabucco in Milan (1842)
- Verdi’s Ernani in Venice (1844)
- Otto Nicolai’s Die lustige Weiber von Windsor in Berlin (1849)
- Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in Paris (1868)
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