On this day, 16th of October 1962, Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk
On this day, September 25th 1906, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born
On This Day: 115 years ago Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Golden Cockerel" premiered in Moscow
On this day, 6th of June, 1799, Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow
#onthisday , April 01 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born
#onthisday, 2 January 1837, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Mily Balakirev was born
#onthisday , December 30th 1921, Prokofiev's opera "L'amour des trois oranges" was premiered
#onthisday ,19 December 1890, Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades" was premiered
#otd , December 9th 1836, Glinka's opera "A Life For The Tsar" was premiered in St.Petersburg
#otd , December 9th 1842, Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Ludmila" was premiered in St.Petersburg
