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On this day .. 16 April BIRTHS Leo Nucci (1942) Dennis Russell Davies (1944) Mike Ashman (1950) DEATHS Herbert Wernicke (2002) PREMIERES Alcina (Handel; 1735) Le prophète (Meyerbeer; 1849) Sapho (Gounod; 1851) 17 April BIRTHS Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741) Graziella Sciutti (1927) Anja Silja (1935) Siegfried Jerusalem (1940) PREMIERES Vanda (Dvořák; 1876) More... Openings World premiere Toulouse(Capitole). Hurel: Les Pigeons d'argile (15-22 Apr). Opéra en un prologue et trois parties, 100'; The kidnapping of Patty Hearst and her relationship with her captors; Libretto: Tanguy Viel Avignon. Halevy: Le Dilettante d'Avignon (18 Apr). Lubeck. Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragodie (18 Apr-14 Jun). World premiere Schwetzingen. Lang: Der Reigen (18 Apr). Fort Worth. Crozier: With Blood, With Ink (20 Apr-10 May). Leipzig. Wagner: Die Feen (20 Apr-27 Jun). Berlin(UDL). Martin: Le vin herbe (22-26 Apr). Liège. Gretry: Zemire et Azor (22-27 Apr). Représentations scolaires les 22, 23, 24 et 25 avril World premiere Bologna. Molino: qui non c'e perche (24-29 Apr). St Petersburg(Mariinsky). Prokofiev: War and Peace (24-26 Apr). More...

Acknowledgements: 'Performances': Pelléas et Mélisande; Yannis Kokkos / WNO // 'Companies': Arena, Avenches

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