On this day, September 25th 1906, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born

On This Day: 115 years ago Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Golden Cockerel" premiered in Moscow

On This Day: St.Petersburg Conservatorium was founded

On this day, 6th of June, 1799, Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow

#onthisday , April 01 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born

Coaching The Opera and Song Collective

#onthisday, 2 January 1837, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Mily Balakirev was born

#onthisday , December 30th 1921, Prokofiev's opera "L'amour des trois oranges" was premiered

#onthisday ,19 December 1890, Tchaikovsky's opera "The Queen of Spades" was premiered

#otd , December 9th 1836, Glinka's opera "A Life For The Tsar" was premiered in St.Petersburg