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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · Feb 11
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.”

- Confucius
#Confucius #perseverance
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#OnThisDay: 📆 February 1, 1896 Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premieres in #Turin

#Puccini #Opera #LaBoheme
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
#MusicHistory
February 1, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆 February 1, 1893 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Manon Lescaut" premieres in #Turin

#Puccini #Opera #ManonLescaut
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
#MusicHistory
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆 January 31, 1679 Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon" premieres at the Palais-Royal in Paris

#Lully #Opera #Bellerophon
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
#MusicHistory
January 31, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 30, 1940 Benjamin Britten's song cycle "Les Illuminations" premieres at #AeolianHall, London, England with #soprano #SophieWyss and the #BoydNeel #Orchestra

#BenjaminBritten
#LesIlluminations
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
#MusicHistory
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 29, 1728 John Gays' satiric work "The Beggar's Opera" premieres at the #Lincoln'sInn #FieldsTheatre in London, England

#JohnGays #Opera
#TheNeggar’sOpera
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
#MusicHistory
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 28, 1830 Opera "Fra Diavolo" by Daniel Auber, premieres in Paris

#DanielAuber #Opera #FraDiavolo
#ClassicalMusic #History
#MusicHistory #Music
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 27, 1778 Niccolò Piccinni's tragic opera "Roland" premieres at #ThéâtreduPalais-Royale in Paris, France

#Piccinni #Opera #Roland
#ClassicalMusic #History
#MusicHistory #Music
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 26, 1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier" (Knight of the Rose) premieres at the #Königliches #Opernhaus in #Dresden, Germany

#Strauss #Opera #DerRosenkavalier
#ClassicalMusic #History
#MusicHistory #Music
January 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 26, 1790 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres at the #Burgtheater in #Vienna, Austria

#Mozart #Opera #CosiFanTutte
#ClassicalMusic #History
#MusicHistory #Music
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 25, 1817 Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres at Rome's Teatro Valle

#Rossini #Opera #LaCenerentola
#ClassicalMusic #History
#MusicHistory #Music
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 25, 1835 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani" premieres in Paris

#Bellini #Opera #IPuritani
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #History
January 25, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆January 24, 1914 Victor Herbert's second opera "Madeleine" premieres at the #MetropolitanOpera, NYC, with Frances Alda in the title role

#VIctorHerbert #Opera #Madeleine
#Soprano #FrancesAlda
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 23, 1781 Niccolò Piccinni's tragédie lyrique opera "Iphigénie en Tauride" (Iphigeneia in Tauris) first performed by Académie royale de musique at the Paris Opéra

#NiccolòPiccinni #Opera #IphigénieenTauride
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 23, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 22, 1575 English Queen Elizabeth I grants composers Thomas Tallis and William Byrd a monopoly on printing music

#QueenELizabeth1
#Composer #ThomasTallis #WillamByrd
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 22, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 21, 1904 Leos Janacek's opera "Jenůfa" premieres at the National Theatre in #Brno, #Moravia, Austria-Hungary

#Janacek #Opera #Jenůfa
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 21, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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#OnThisDay:
📆January 20, 1939 Charles Ives' 1st piano sonata "Concord" premieres

#CharlesIves #Danbury
#Connecticut
#Composer #Piano #Sonata #Concord
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆January 19, 1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at #Roselle, NJ

#ThomasEdison #ElectricLight
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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#OnThisDay:📆 January 19, 1884 Jules Massenet's opera "Manon" premieres in Paris

#Massenet #Opera #Manon
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 19, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆 January 19, 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres in Rome

#Verdi #Opera #IlTrovatore
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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#OnThisDay: 📆January 18, 1930 #DmitriShostakovich's satirical opera "The Nose" premieres in #Leningrad

#Opera #TheNose
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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#OnThisDay:📆January 18, 1944 The #MetOpera House in #NYC hosts a #jazz #concert for the first time; performers include #LouisArmstrong, #BillieHoliday, #LionelHampton, #MildredBailey, #RedNorvo #RoyEldridge #JackTeagarden, and #BennyGoodman via remote hookup

#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory
January 18, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆 January 16, 1847 John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory

#Governor #JohnCFrémont #California
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆 January 16, 1777 Vermont declares #independence from New York

#TodayInHistory
#USHistory
#Vermont #NewYork
#History
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆January 16, 1922 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony" premieres in London, with Adrian Boult conducting

#RalphVaughanWilliams
#Symphony #Conductor
#AdrianBoult
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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#OnThisDay:📆January 14, 1784 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the #TreatyofParis, signed on September 3, 1783, ending the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar, and forwards it to the British government

#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM