English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was born on this day in 1872.

October 12, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Réveil des oiseaux,” by Olivier Messiaen, was premiered in Donaueschingen, Germany, on this day in 1953.

October 11, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Belshazzar’s Feast,” by Sir William Walton, was first performed at the Leeds Festival in England on this day in 1931, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent.

October 10, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Die Frau ohne Schatten” (The Woman without a Shadow), by Richard Strauss, was premiered at the Vienna Opera on this day in 1919.

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Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi was born on this day in 1813.

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The opera “Porgy and Bess,” by George Gershwin, opened on Broadway on this day in 1935.

October 10, 2019 by Scott Davis