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Leoš Janáček's opera 'Věc Makropulos' premieres in Brno

Věc Makropulos is a Czech opera in 3 acts, with music and libretto by Leoš Janáček. The opera is based on the play by Karel Čapek. It was Janáček's penultimate opera and, like much of his later work was inspired by his infatuation with Kamila Stösslová, a married woman much younger than himself.

Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Nutcracker' premieres

The Nutcracker is a 2 act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", by way of Alexandre Dumas' adapted story "The Story of a Nutcracker". It was given its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg in a double bill with Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta.

Beethoven's 'Piano Concerto No. 1' premieres in Vienna

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, was written in 1795. The 1st performance took place in Vienna with Beethoven himself as soloist. It was first published in Vienna with a dedication to his pupil Princess Anna Louise Barbara Odescalchi, known to her friends as "Babette".

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Billie Eilish

died 1997

Chris Farley

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Katie Holmes

died 2016

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