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Operas

  • 28 Dec 2009

    Scarlett Johansson made her debut on Broadway.

  • 13 Mar 2004

    Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.

  • 18 Feb 1998

    Opera singer Andrea Bocelli started his career in the production of 'La bohème' in Cagliari.

  • 12 Jun 1997

    Queen Elizabeth II reopened the reconstructed Globe Theatre in London.

  • 14 Nov 1996

    The musical 'Chicago' opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.

  • 11 May 1994

    The 'Grease' musical production opened at the Eugene O' Neill Theater in New York City, running for 1,503 performances.

  • 28 Dec 1993

    Andrea Bocelli made his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia.

  • 22 Nov 1993

    Neil Simon's play 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' opened at Richard Rodger's New York City theatre.

  • 10 Nov 1993

    The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.

  • 12 Jul 1993

    The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.

  • 12 Nov 1989

    The musical 'Grand Hotel' was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater in New York City.

  • 28 Jun 1987

    The musical ''Dreamgirls" was performed for the first time at the Ambassador Theatre, New York City.

  • 9 Oct 1986

    Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Phantom of the Opera' was premiered in London with stars Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.

  • 27 Jul 1982

    The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.

  • 11 May 1981

    Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Cats,' based on poetry by T. S. Eliot, first premiered in the West End, London.

  • 24 Sep 1976

    Theatrical 'Oh! Calcutta!' opened at the Edison Theatre in New York City.

  • 10 Mar 1975

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered at the Belasco Theater, New York City, US, and ran for 45 performances.

  • 26 Jun 1973

    Musical 'Grease' opened at the New London Theatre.

  • 20 May 1972

    Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.

  • 14 Feb 1972

    Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.

  • 17 May 1971

    Stephen Schwartz's musical 'Godspell' premiered off-Broadway.

  • 10 Oct 1969

    Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical soundtrack, 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' was recorded.

  • 16 Sep 1966

    The Metropolitan Opera House opened to a full house in New York City.

  • 23 Sep 1962

    The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.

  • 21 May 1959

    Gypsy opened at Broadway Theater in NYC for 702 performances.

  • 15 Mar 1956

    The musical 'My Fair Lady' had its first performance on Broadway in New York City.

  • 23 Dec 1948

    Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.

  • 26 Jan 1936

    Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.

  • 22 Jan 1934

    Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

  • 30 Jan 1931

    Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.

  • 30 Sep 1920

    Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.

  • 4 Oct 1918

    The musical 'Sometime' put on its first performance at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, US.

  • 19 Aug 1918

    The musical 'Yip! Yip! Yaphank!' by Irving Berlin premiered at the Century Theatre in New York City.

  • 25 Dec 1917

    The play 'Why Marry?' opened at the Astor Theatre in New York City.

  • 7 Nov 1912

    The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.

  • 27 Dec 1904

    The original stage production of Peter Pan took place in London, England.

  • 16 Jun 1902

    The Wizard of Oz was shown at The Chicago Grand Opera House for the first time.

  • 20 May 1896

    The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.

  • 15 Jan 1895

    The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.

  • 22 Feb 1892

    Oscar Wilde's 'Lady Windermere Fan' premiered at St James Theatre, London, UK.

  • 5 Nov 1883

    The musical 'Cordelia's Aspirations' was performed for the first time at Theatre Comique, New York, US.

  • 26 Jul 1882

    The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.

  • 13 Jan 1882

    German composer Richard Wagner completed 'Parsifal' – one of his most famous operas.

  • 22 Apr 1876

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.

  • 24 May 1873

    Leo Delibes' opera 'Le Roi l'a Dit' premiered in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.

  • 25 Nov 1847

    The romantic comedic opera 'Marta' premiered in Vienna by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.

  • 27 Feb 1814

    Beethoven Symphony No. 8 premiered in Vienna, Austria.

  • 18 Sep 1809

    The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.

  • 20 Nov 1805

    Beethoven premiered Fidelio in Vienna, Austria, which was his only opera.

  • 30 Sep 1791

    Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.

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