This date in the arts: - Dec. 7, 1732 - The original Covent - TopicsExpress



          

This date in the arts: - Dec. 7, 1732 - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) was opened. - Dec. 7, 1842 - The New York Philharmonic gave its first concert. - Dec. 7, 1863 - Composer Pietro Mascagni was born in Livorno, Italy. A bit of tranquility for your day - listen to the famous Intermezzo from his opera Cavalleria Rusticana: bit.ly/1qd13gd - Dec. 7, 1889 - The first of 554 performances of The Gondoliers with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert took place at Londons Savoy Theatre.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:25:18 +0000

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