On This Day – 25 February

1922 First public performance of Saint-Saëns’ Le Carnaval des animaux

1953 – the first performance of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town

Born OTD in 1707 – Carlo Goldoni

Born OTD in 1873 – Enrico Caruso

Born OTD in 1890 – Myra Hess

Died OTD in 1682 – Alessandro Stradella

Died OTD in 1906 – Anton Arensky