Music History on November 12

Ballet Lady of Shalott

1931 Jean Sibelius and Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott" premieres in London

  • 1951 "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances

Shostakovich's 14th String Quartet

1973 Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad, Soviet Union

  • 1978 Gary William Friedman and Will Holt's musical "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances

We All Stand Together

1984 Paul McCartney releases single "We All Stand Together"

  • 1987 "Teddy & Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances
  • 1989 George Forrest's musical "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 1018 performances and wins 5 Tony Awards
  • 1995 Comedy revue "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices" closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC, after 6 performances
  • 2011 Opera "Silent Night" by Kevin Puts opens at the Ordway Theater, St. Paul sung in English, German, French, Italian and Latin (winner 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music) [1]

Voyage

2021 "Voyage", Abba's first album of new material in 40 years, tops the UK album chart

Spear's Conservatorship Ends

2021 LA judge rules to end Britney Spears' conservatorship, which had controlled almost all aspects of her life for 14 years

All Too Well

2021 Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)"

Dolly Parton

2022 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces his 3rd 'Courage and Civility Award' of $100M to country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton to distribute to charities of her choice