Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" was premiered on this day in 1874 in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre, conducted by Eduard Nápravník.

January 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

U. S. ragtime composer Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" premiered at Morehouse College on this day in 1972, directed by Katherine Dunham and conducted by Robert Shaw, 55 years after the death of the composer.

January 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on this day in 1756.

January 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

Maria Augusta von Trapp, the author of "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers," inspiration for the "Sound of Music," was born on this day in 1905.

January 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Richard Strauss's comic opera "Der Rosenkavalier" was premiered in Dresden at the Königliches Opernhaus on this day in 1911, directed by Max Reinhardt, with Ernst von Schuch conducting.

January 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera buffa "Cosi fan tutte" premiered in Vienna at the Burgtheater on this day in 1790.

January 26, 2019 by Scott Davis