On This Day – 4 December

#OTD in 1816 – the first performance of #Rossini’s #Otello

#OTD in 1920 – the first performance of #Korngold’s Die tote Stadt Op.12

#HappyBirthday to Daniel #Eberlin born #OTD in 1647

#HappyBirthday to André #Campra born #OTD in 1660

#HappyBirthday to Michel Pignolet de #Montéclair born #OTD in 1667

#HappyBirthday to #AlexNorth born #OTD in 1910

#OTD in 1935 the death of Johan #Halvorsen

#OTD in 1976 the death of Benjamin Britten