Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats,” based on poetry by T. S. Eliot, first premiered in the West End, London.
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The Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England.
Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Beethoven premiered Fidelio in Vienna, Austria, which was his only opera.
Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.
