On This Day – 11 March

1791 – the first performance of Haydn’s Symphony No.96 in D major ‘Miracle’

1830 – the first performance of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi

1851 – the first performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto

1867 – the first performance of Verdi’s Don Carlos

1909 – the first performance of Debussy’s Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans L.99

1917 – the first performance of Respighi’s Fontane di Roma P106

Born OTD in 1921 Astor Piazzolla

Died OTD in 1602 Emilio de’ Cavalieri