On This Day – 27 January

#OTD in 1302 #Dante Alighieri exiled from Florence

#OTD in 1874 the first performance of #Mussorgsky’s #BorisGodunov @RBO_Org

#OTD in 1955 the first performance of #Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage

#HappyBirthday to Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart born #OTD in 1756

#HappyBirthday to Édouard #Lalo born #OTD in 1823

#HappyBirthday to #LewisCarroll born #OTD in 1832

#HappyBirthday to #JeromeKern born #OTD in 1885

#OTD in 1629 the death of Hieronymus #Praetorius

#OTD in 1731 the death of Bartolomeo #Cristofori

#OTD in 1901 the death of Giuseppe #Verdi