One of William Shakespeare’s most acclaimed plays, “Romeo & Juliet” was performed for the first time.
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The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
The opera 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premiered in Vienna, Austria.
Euridice, the oldest-surviving opera, premiered in Florence, Italy.
Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.
The romantic comedic opera 'Marta' premiered in Vienna by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
