The score for the opera “Euridice,” with libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini and music by Giulio Caccini, was published on this day in 1602, six weeks before Jacopa Peri’s setting Rinuccini’s text was released.

December 5, 2019 by Scott Davis

Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera “Die tote Stadt” opened at the Hamburg State Opera on this day in 1920.

December 4, 2019 by Scott Davis

Johann Sebastian Bach married his second wife, Anne Magdalena Wilcke, an accomplished soprano in her own right, on this day in 1721.

December 3, 2019 by Scott Davis

Austrian composer and conductor Anton Webern was born on this day in 1883.

December 3, 2019 by Scott Davis

American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas was born on this day 1923.

December 2, 2019 by Scott Davis

Cecil Effinger’s “Choral Symphony” was first performed, in Denver, on this day in 1952.

December 2, 2019 by Scott Davis