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After its initial successful run in Venice the opera was performed in Bologna before returning to Venice for the 1640–41 season. The music became known in modern times through the 19th century discovery of an incomplete manuscript score. After its publication in 1922 the score's authenticity was widely questioned, but by the 1950s the work was generally accepted as Monteverdi's, and after revivals in Vienna and Glyndebourne in the early 1970s it became increasingly popular.
Did you know...
- ...that Têtes Noires (pictured) was the first all-female rock band from Minneapolis?
- ...that in eighteen years, baritone William Walker performed over 360 times at New York's Metropolitan Opera?
- ...that a cherry blossom made Fariz RM famous?
- ...that Michael Schneider conducted an oratorio by Stradella, performed by students and teachers of the Frankfurt University of Music at Eberbach Abbey for the Rheingau Musik Festival?
Music News
- June 11: Lawsuit filed against Ed Sheeran for his single Photograph
- April 22: Musician Prince dies aged 57
- February 18: Taylor Swift's 1989 wins Grammy's Record of the year; Bad Blood wins the Best Music Video
- February 17: 'Earned It' earns The Weeknd his first Grammy
- February 16: Ed Sheeran wins Song of Year Grammy for Thinking Out Loud
- August 21: Cilla Black funeral held in Liverpool
- June 25: Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
- June 13: English actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93
- May 30: U2 tour manager, Dennis Sheehan dies in Los Angeles hotel room at 68
- May 28: B.B. King's daughters allege blues musician was poisoned
Today's Birthdays
- Birthdays in Music: October 6
- Tommy Stinson, American bassist with The Replacements and Soul Asylum, turns 50.
- Joanna Pacitti, American singer, turns 32.
- Kevin Cronin, American singer with REO Speedwagon, turns 65.
- Matthew Sweet, American singer and guitarist with The Thorns, turns 52.
- David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter with Los Lobos; member of Los Super Seven, turns 65.
- Gavin Sutherland, Brit vocalist of Sutherland Brothers fame, turns 65.
- Masahiko Satoh, Japanese composer and pianist, turns 75.
- Mark Whitfield, American session musician (guitarist) and Berklee College of Music graduate, turns 50.
- Tim Rushlow, American country music singer, turns 50.
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