This Day on Broadway: 4/18 In Musical Theater History

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

4/18 In Musical Theater History

On this day in 1796 the first native American Opera “ The Archers, or The Mountaineers of Switzerland (3p) a comic opera by librettist William Dunlap and composer Benjamin Carr, premiers in New York at the John Street Theater. Based on the William Tell legend, its initial run was followed by two... Sign in to see full entry.

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