This date in the arts: - Dec. 22, 1808 - Ludwig van Beethovens Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67—the Fifth Symphony— received its world premiere in Vienna conducted by Beethoven. The premiere was a disaster, a very inauspicious beginning for what would soon become the worlds most recognizable piece of classical music. bit.ly/1zNKzfG - Dec. 22, 1858 - Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, born in Lucca, Tuscany. Puccini’s most famous operas — Madama Butterfly (1904), Tosca (1900), and La Bohème (1896) — all feature a common theme, namely “He who has lived for love, has died for love.”
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