On this day in 1876 Wagner‘s Götterdämmerung premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Birthday anniversaries of conductor Georges Sébastian (1903)
and bass Nicola Ghiuselev (1936)
Happy 75th birthday soprano Linda Zoghby
Gods and demigods
Born on this day in 1686 composer Nicola Porpora
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