Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso sang for the first time with the Metropolitan Opera on this day in 1903.

November 23, 2019 by Scott Davis

Antonín Dvořák’s opera “The Devil and Kate” opened at the National Theatre in Prague on this day in 1899.

November 23, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Ode to Napoleon” by Arnold Schoenberg was premiered in by the New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodzinsky conducting, on this day in 1944.

November 23, 2019 by Scott Davis

Spanish composer Manuel de Falla was born on this day in 1876.

November 23, 2019 by Scott Davis

Gunther Schuller, U. S. composer, conductor, and horn player, was born in New York City on this day in 1925.

November 22, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day,” by George Frideric Handel, was first performed at the Theatre in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London on this day in 1739.

November 22, 2019 by Scott Davis