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Macbeth: Italian–English Side-by-Side Libretto With Translation
A new Verdi opera is now available on LibrettoArchive: Macbeth, with the complete Italian libretto and a new English translation in side-by-side format.
Luigi Cherubini Comes to LibrettoArchive: Medea in Four Languages
A new composer and opera are now on LibrettoArchive: Luigi Cherubini’s Medea, with the complete libretto in Italian, French, German, and English, available in any side-by-side combination.
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La Scala premiere of Rossini's "Tancredi" (Milan production).
1827
World premiere of Halévy & Rifaut's opéra comique "Le Roi et le batelier" at the Opéra-Comique, Paris.
1833
Opening/first performance day of St. Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Theatre.
1867
First performance of the Kyiv Opera troupe; debut with Verstovsky's "Askold's Tomb" (Old Style Oct 27).
1867
Birth of Russian tenor Ivan Yershov.
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