On This Day – 30 September

#OTD in 1791 the first performance of #Mozart’s #DieZauberflöte #TheMagicFlute

#OTD in 1863 the first performance of #Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles

#OTD in 1872 the first performance of #Bizet’s incidental music to L’Arlésienne Op.23

#OTD in 1935 the first performance of #Gershwin’s #PorgyAndBess

#OTD in 1966 the first performance of #Penderecki’s St Luke Passion

#HappyBirthday to Johann #Sebastiani born #OTD in 1622

#HappyBirthday to Charles Villiers #Stanford born #OTD in 1852