French composer Olivier Messiaen was born on this day in 1908.

December 10, 2019 by Scott Davis

“A Life for the Tsar,” a patriotic opera by Mikhail Glinka, was performed for the opening of the rebuilt Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg on this day in 1836.

December 9, 2019 by Scott Davis

U. S. operatic soprano Emma Abbott was born on this day in 1850.

December 9, 2019 by Scott Davis

The one-act opera “Salome,” by Richard Strauss, was premiered on this day in 1905 at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden.

December 9, 2019 by Scott Davis

Baroque composer and organist Johann Christoph Bach was born on this day in 1642.

December 8, 2019 by Scott Davis

Finnish composer and violinist Jean Sibelius was born on this day in 1865.

December 8, 2019 by Scott Davis