Events in Music History in 1824

  • Mar 7 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing

Missa Solemnis

Apr 7 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg, Russia

Music History

Jul 30 Italian composer Gioachino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian in Paris, France