Ludwig van Beethoven had his public debut as a pianist in Vienna on this day in 1795.

March 29, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Giants in the Earth,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera by Douglas Moore, was premiered at Columbia University on this day in 1951 by the Columbia Opera Workshop.

March 28, 2019 by Scott Davis

German composer and conductor Felix Mendelssohn married Cécile Jeanrenaud on this day in 1837.

March 28, 2019 by Scott Davis

U. S. composer William Schuman’s secular cantata “A Free Song” was first performed in Boston on this day in 1943.

March 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Carl Heinrich Graun’s passion cantata “Der Tod Jesu” was first sung on this day in 1755, at the Cathedral of Berlin.

March 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera “Trial by Jury” was first staged in London on this day in 1875.

March 25, 2019 by Scott Davis