History Hop Tags - Performance

1598-04-30

1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)

1606-08-07

Possible first performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth performed in the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace for King James I.

1611-04-20

First known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London recorded by Simon Forman

1713-07-07

1st performance of George F Handel's "Te Deum" & "Jubilate"

1749-04-27

First performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.

1794-03-03

1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D

1800-04-02

1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C

1801-04-24

1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten"

1803-04-05

1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D

1805-11-25

Opera "Thaïs" first American performance

1807-03-05

1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B

1819-02-28

1st public performance of a Franz Schubert song, "Schäfers Klageleid"

1824-03-26

1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"

1841-03-31

1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B

1842-03-03

1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony

1848-05-13

First performance of Finland's national anthem.

1849-09-10

1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)

1858-11-09

1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra

1859-03-28

1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra

1865-06-10

Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany

1868-04-10

1st performance of John Brahms' "A German Requiem"

1875-10-25

The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.

1876-08-13

The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle

1880-06-24

First performance of "O Canada," the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.

1882-12-11

Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe"

1883-03-31

1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"

1883-08-17

The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.

1884-03-08

1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite

1885-03-15

1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"

1888-03-10

1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Psyche"

1892-04-28

1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval"

1893-10-28

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts first performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique"

1894-04-09

1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz

1895-04-14

1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony

1895-05-20

1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)

1897-04-19

1st performance of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande"

1899-03-05

1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D

1901-03-14

1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A

1901-10-27

1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes"

1902-03-08

1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony

1904-03-18

1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"

1906-03-10

1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"

1908-03-15

1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"

1911-11-18

Opera "Lobetanz" first American performance

1915-09-29

Dutch Opera's 1st performance

1917-05-03

1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"

1919-02-27

1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"

1920-12-24

Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (NYC)

1923-04-15

1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC)

1925-04-23

1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged

1926-04-03

1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C

1926-10-24

Harry Houdini's last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

1927-04-22

1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E

1930-03-28

1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)

1938-03-26

NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony

1939-04-23

1st performance of Béla Bartok's 2nd Concerto for violin

1939-05-06

1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher"

1941-03-29

1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Requiem Symphony"

1941-05-16

1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"

1942-07-05

1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros 6/9/11

1943-04-28

1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"

1944-03-03

1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony

1944-03-05

1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony

1944-07-09

World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn)

1946-03-25

1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"

1946-04-05

1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony

1947-08-06

1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8"

1952-05-02

1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"

1954-03-12

1st performance of Arnold Schoenberg's "Moses und Aaron"

1957-03-08

1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston

1957-03-30

1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony

1959-02-02

Buddy Holly's last performance

1960-04-23

1st performance of Ferde Grofe's "San Francisco Suite"

1960-05-02

Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance

1960-08-18

The Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg)

1962-01-30

2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit

1962-07-12

Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)

1963-08-03

Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool

1963-11-04

John Lennon utters his infamous "rattle your jewellery" line at a Royal Variety Performance in London

1965-03-05

1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony

1966-03-24

Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance

1968-05-02

1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony

1968-10-02

1st London performance of "Promises, Promises" presented

1969-03-22

"Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance

1969-07-25

1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Fillmore East, NY)

1969-09-13

Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko & Eric Clapton) 1st live performance

1969-12-14

"La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance

1970-02-04

"Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 1 performance

1970-02-14

"Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance

1970-05-23

Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside US (England)

1970-12-23

7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" (record)

1971-04-11

"Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance

1971-04-24

"Frank Merriwell" opens and closes at Longacre Theater NYC (1 performance only)

1972-05-21

"Heathen!" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 1 performance

1972-07-16

Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance

1974-03-16

1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville

1976-01-13

Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"

1977-06-26

Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career

1980-12-14

"Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance

1980-12-30

"Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV

1981-04-20

Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs

1983-05-19

Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Wash DC

1983-09-29

"A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show

1984-06-09

Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

1984-06-19

"Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair

1984-09-25

1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented

1985-03-06

Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King & I"

1989-05-12

"Entertainment Tonight" makes 2,000th TV performance

1993-03-14

3,000th performance of "Nunsense"

1994-09-28

"Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line & Oh! Calcutta!)

1996-01-29

6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"

1996-04-14

"Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance

1996-04-15

"Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance

1997-04-03

"Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical" opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance

1998-01-25

"Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance

2002-05-11

Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.

2002-10-26

Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before.

2007-06-08

Jazz legend Oscar Peterson is forced to cancel his appearance at the Carnegie Hall all-star performance (held in his honour), owing to illness

2009-02-22

Heath Ledger, posthumously, wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Act for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight"

2009-10-23

The UK markets had contracted by 0.4% in the third quarter against what was expected to be a period of growth, as a result of unexpectedly poor performance by the service sector

2009-12-06

Final Broadway performance of "A Steady Rain", starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig

2011-04-01

Alan Rickman's last performance in "Seminar" on Broadway

1911-11-12

Mime Fønss, The Performance Will Be Followed by a Dance

1913-07-18

Red Skelton, Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance

1914-9-23

Aileen Burke, Farewell Performance

1920-02-02

Yuriko, Martha Graham: An American Original in Performance

1925-02-24

David Wood, Martha Graham: An American Original in Performance

1928-10-20

Bryan Blackburn, A Royal Gala Variety Performance

1932-07-29

Johnny Shannon, Performance

1934-01-17

Donald Cammell, Performance

1934-07-01

John Bown, A Performance of Macbeth

1939-08-17

Anthony Valentine, Performance

1939-10-12

Carolee Schneemann, Fox Chase Pennsylvania, American performance artist

1942-9-25

Anna-Louise Lefèvre, The Performance Will Be Followed by a Dance

1944-11-21

Tom Bogs, The Performance Will Be Followed by a Dance

1946-11-30

Marina Abramović, Belgrade Serbia, US based performance artist

1947-06-05

Laurie Anderson, performance artist (O Superman, Excellent Birds)

1947-07-17

Camilla Parker-Bowles, The Royal Variety Performance 2006

1953-02-09

Sean O'Phelan, High Performance

1954-9-29

Marshall Holman, Bowling/Command Performance

1955-03-01

Timothy Laurence, The Royal Variety Performance 2011

1955-10-17

J.J. Belle, Performance

1959-02-06

Randy Kienel, Performance Anxiety

1964-04-29

David J. Bernstein, Live Performance Show #7

1969-02-20

Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist

1972-07-24

Rev. Jen Miller, American performance artist

1974-02-15

Miranda July, American performance artist

1975-12-22

Angela Lovell, Top 24 Performance Show: Part 1 (Guys)

1976-11-06

Jacquie Aquines, USO Performance

1977-01-11

Nadia Turner, Top 20 Performance Show: Part 2 (Girls)

1978-06-14

Joseph Murena Jr., Top 24 Performance Show: Part 1 (Guys)

1978-11-29

Nathan King, Top 7 Performance Show: Ballads

1979-04-21

Anwar Robinson, Top 24 Performance Show: Part 1 (Guys)

1980-02-12

Rustam Kasymov, Command Performance

1980-08-15

Nicole Snell, Speed Channel Porsche: Performance Everyday

1980-08-19

Rodesia Eaves, No Way Jim Moves on After That Performance. Right, Simon? Simon?

1981-06-18

Amanda Avila, Top 20 Performance Show: Part 2 (Girls)

1981-07-26

Anna Bell Peaks, Peak Performance

1981-9-17

Renata Christine Barton, Past Performance

1982-04-28

Nikko Smith, Top 24 Performance Show: Part 1 (Guys)

1982-06-04

Melissa Molinaro, Command Performance

1982-9-17

Irson Kudikova, Command Performance

1984-10-04

Jay Biz, Terrence J's Birthday and Young Buck's Performance

1985-02-05

Lindsey Cardinale, Top 20 Performance Show: Part 2 (Girls)

1986-06-27

Jared Yates, Top 24 Performance Show: Part 1 (Guys)

1987-08-15

Marko Petric, The Performance

1988-12-22

Ben James-Ellis, The Royal Variety Performance 2007

1990-03-01

James Lomas, The Royal Variety Performance 2006

1992-05-30

Liam Mower, The Royal Variety Performance 2006

1994-05-25

Aly Raisman, Week 1: Performance Show

1996-03-09

Darsheel Safary, Youngest Indian actor to win filmfare award for best performance

1996-04-29

Ida Lundgren, Command Performance

1944-10-05

Fred MacKaye, The Last Performance

1945-03-13

Sinclair Hill, Command Performance

1987-09-29

Sean O'Phelan, High Performance

1994-08-18

Mime Fønss, The Performance Will Be Followed by a Dance

1996-04-24

Donald Cammell, Performance

1997-09-17

Red Skelton, Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance

2002-04-21

David Wood, Martha Graham: An American Original in Performance

2004-10-28

Bryan Blackburn, A Royal Gala Variety Performance

2004-11-26

J.J. Belle, Performance

2006-12-27

Randy Kienel, Performance Anxiety

2009-03-04

Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)

2015-11-10

Legendary musician Allen Toussaint dies after performance in Spain