Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Saint of Bleecker Street" was first produced in New York City on this day in 1954, earning him a Pulitzer Prize for Music the following year.

December 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

Florent Schmitt's "Psalm XLVII" was premiered in Paris on this day in 1906.

December 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

The Palestine Symphony Orchestra plays its inaugural concert in Tel Aviv under the direction of Arturo Toscanini on this day in 1936.

December 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma" was first staged at Milan's La Scala on this day in 1831.

December 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

"Alceste," an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, was first produced in Vienna on this day in 1767.

December 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

The opera seria "Agrippina," by George Frideric Handel, was premiered in Venice on this day in 1709.

December 26, 2019 by Scott Davis