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Karin Bergmann has been named interim Intendant of the Salzburg Festival ⁦@SbgFestival⁩ for 2026 and 2027. (Pic: Markus Wenzel)

Middle-Aged Lord: Henze’s opera Der junge Lord was premiered in Berlin ⁦@deutsche_oper⁩ #OTD in 1965.

A late flowering of French opérette, Reynaldo Hahn’s Ciboulette was premiered in Paris #OTD in 1923.

Bellini’s Bianca e Fernando was premiered at the ⁦@TeatroCarlo⁩⁩⁩ Felice in Genoa #OTD in 1828.

The greatest tenor of his time: Giovanni Battista Rubini, who created roles in four Bellini operas and no fewer than seven by Donizetti, was born in Bergamo #OTD in 1794.

The soprano Park Hye-jin has been appointed artistic director and chief executive of Korea National Opera.

Sad news of the unexpected death of the Ukrainian baritone Petro Pryimak, soloist of Ukrainian National Opera in Kyiv, at the age of 57.

“All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.” Igor Stravinsky, who died in New York City 55 years ago today.

A very happy 82nd birthday to the great mezzo Felicity Palmer!

Wishing the distinguished tenor Ryszard Karczykowski a happy 84th birthday!

“Writing music can be hell; torture in the extreme; but there’s one thing worse; and that is not writing it.” The composer Phyllis Tate, whose output includes several operas, was born #OTD in 1911.

Wishing Anna Caterina Antonacci a very happy birthday!

Disney legend: the last surviving original voice actress of the first three Disney Princesses, also an operatic soprano who was America’s first Tytania and Britain’s first Cunegonde, Mary Costa is 96 today – happy birthday!

Born in Salzburg #OTD in 1908: Herbert von Karajan.

Based (if a little loosely) on the first important historical novel in French, by Alfred de Vigny, Gounod’s opera Cinq-Mars was premiered in Paris @Opera_Comique #OTD in 1877. ⁦

Klänge der Heimat … Johnann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus was premiered in Vienna @TheaterWien #OTD in 1874.

A still under-appreciated figure, the outstanding French composer Albert Roussel — whose output included three operas, all very different to each other — was born in Tourcoing #OTD in 1869.

Easter Hymn: Cavalleria rusticana @rbo_org ⁩youtu.be/n6D5ZNwqYB0?si…

Wishing Vladimir Jurowski, the @bay_staatsoper’s Generalmusikdirektor, a very happy birthday!

Hojotoho! Wishing the soprano Jane Eaglen a very happy birthday.