On This Day – 24 January

#OTD in 1932 the first performance of #Nielsen’s Symphony No.5 Op.50

#HappyBirthday to #Farinelli born #OTD in 1705

In the film of the same name, Farinelli’s castrato voice achieved by blending the voices of the Polish soprano Ewa Malas-Godlewska and the American countertenor Derek Lee Ragin

#HappyBirthday to Vítězslava #Kaprálová born #OTD in 1915