On this day, 16th of October 1962, Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk
On this day, 16th of October 1962, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photo by Alexander Veprev Watch this...
On this day, September 25th 1906, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born
#onthisday , September 25th 1906, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born in Saint Petersburg. Source: www.belcanto.ru Here we have...
On This Day: 115 years ago Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Golden Cockerel" premiered in Moscow
#onthisday , September 24th 1909 (115 years ago) the last of Rimsky-Korsakov's fifteen operas "The Golden Cockerel" was premiered in...
On this day, 6th of June, 1799, Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow
#onthisday, 6th of June, 1799, Alexander Pushkin, the greatest Russian poet, was born in Moscow His works became the basis for the...
#onthisday , April 01 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born
#onthisday , April 01 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born. Check out our collection of diction scores and audio tutorials for...
#onthisday, 2 January 1837, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Mily Balakirev was born
#onthisday, 2 January 1837, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Mily Balakirev was born in Nizhny Novgorod. #otd #balakirev #opera...
#onthisday , December 30th 1921, Prokofiev's opera "L'amour des trois oranges" was premiered
#onthisday , December 30th 1921, Prokofiev's opera L'amour des trois oranges ("The Love for Three Oranges") was premiered in Chicago....
#onthisday ,19 December 1890, Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades" was premiered
#onthisday ,19 December 1890, Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades" was premiered in Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg. Check out...
#otd , December 9th 1836, Glinka's opera "A Life For The Tsar" was premiered in St.Petersburg
#otd , December 9th 1836, Glinka's opera "A Life For The Tsar" was premiered in St.Petersburg. The original text of the opera was...
#otd , December 9th 1842, Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Ludmila" was premiered in St.Petersburg
#otd , December 9th 1842, Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Ludmila" was premiered in St.Petersburg. It is a fairy tale opera in 5 acts based...
