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Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Amilcare Ponchielli Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886) Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Victor Massé Victor Massé (1822–1884)

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Today in Opera History — July 2

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1714
Opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck was born in Erasbach, Upper Palatinate.
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1929
Noël Coward's operetta "Bitter Sweet" received its first performance at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.
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1958
Leontyne Price made her London debut at Covent Garden as Aida in Verdi's "Aida".
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1980
Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" received its first UK performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
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2007
American coloratura soprano Beverly Sills died in New York City.
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