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Der fliegende Holländer: German–English Side-by-Side Opera Libretto (Paperback)
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Victor Massé Victor Massé (1822–1884) Richard Wagner Richard Wagner (1813–1883) Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Charles Gounod Charles Gounod (1818–1893) Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)

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Today in Opera History — April 26

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1738
Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera 'Xerxes' at the King's Theatre in London.
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1762
Birth of Indian composer Shyama Shastri, one of the Trinity of Carnatic music.
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1763
Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck was awarded a pension of 600 florins by Empress Maria Theresa.
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1798
French painter Eugène Delacroix, whose works later inspired operatic subjects and staging aesthetics, was born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice.
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1828
The premiere of Franz Schubert's opera "Fierrabras" took place posthumously in Vienna.
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