NY's Metropolitan Opera House Opens
1883 New York's original Metropolitan Opera House has its grand opening with a performance of Charles Gounod's opera "Faust"
- 1922 Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, NY, named after a knight in Wagner's opera
- 1930 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen's Hall, under Adrian Boult
- 1944 David Diamond's 2nd Symphony premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
- 1959 Bob Merrill's musical "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 448 performances
- 1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers"; they go on to become "The Who"
Music History
1969 Paul McCartney denies greatly exaggerated rumors of his death
- 1975 "Me & Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater. NYC; runs for 453 performances
- 1978 "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
- 1984 Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
- 1986 John Forster and Lee Holdridge's musical "Into the Light", starring Dean Jones, opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC ; runs for 6 performances
- 1987 American composer John Adams's first opera, "Nixon in China", premieres at the Houston Grand Opera, in Houston, Texas
Music History
1987 Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 262 performances
Music Concert
1988 Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden, NYC, for a record 26th time
Red
2012 "Red" 4th studio album by Taylor Swift is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2012/2013)
