Chicago was also a welcome host: there, in 1921, Prokofieff conducted the world premiere of the Love For Three Oranges, and played the first performance of his Third Piano Concerto.

" Critics believed that An American in Paris was better crafted than his lukewarm Concerto in F. Some did not think it belonged in a program with classical composers César Franck, Richard Wagner, or Guillaume Lekeu on its premiere.

Gluck feared that the Parisian critics would denounce the opera by a young composer known mostly for comic pieces and so the opera was originally billed in the press as being a new work by Gluck with some assistance from Antonio Salieri, then shortly before the premiere of the opera the Parisian press reported that the work was to be partly by Gluck and partly by Salieri, and finally after popular and critical success were won on stage the opera was acknowledged in a letter to the public by Gluck as being wholly by the young Antonio.

But at the time of the premiere of Figaro, Salieri was busy with his new French opera Les Horaces.

Following the Leipzig premiere, the opera was presented in Berlin in December 1931 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm conducted by Alexander von Zemlinsky with Lotte Lenya as Jenny, Trude Hesterberg as Begbick, and Harald Paulsen as Jimmy.

The premiere could not be arranged in time, however, so the opera The Marriage of Figaro was substituted on the express orders of the bride's uncle, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.

The premiere was dubbed a ratings hit, with an audience of 3. 3 million total viewers.

On the other hand, the premiere was a great success.

Andersson's next project was Mamma Mia !, a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster with versions in several languages currently being played in many countries, including the UK ( West End premiere in April 1999 ), Canada ( Toronto premiere in 2000 ), the USA ( Broadway premiere in 2001 ), and Sweden ( Swedish language premiere in 2005 ).

In 1952, Chaplin left the US for what was intended as a brief trip home to the United Kingdom for the London premiere of Limelight.

On his birthday, 16 April, City Lights was screened at a gala at the Dominion Theatre in London, the site of its British premiere in 1931.

After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly canceled during its first season when it ranked last in ratings for its premiere ( 74th out of 77 shows ).

During discovery, Lewis produced articles, promotional materials, documentary evidence and an interview recorded at the Akron Art Institute following the premiere of In the Beginning was the End in which Mothersbaugh and other band members credited Lewis with developing the theory of de-evolution, and the band quickly settled for an undisclosed sum.

The controversy prompted one local politician to call for locals to boycott the performances, but this was largely ignored and the premiere was sold out.

The British film This is Not a Love Song ( 2003 ) was the first to be streamed live on the Internet at the same time as its cinema premiere.

Her final public appearance was at an after-party at the Sardi's restaurant in New York City, following the premiere of the documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There.

The premiere was held in Vienna on 15 June 1938, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Oswald Kabasta: the soloists were Rudolf Gerlach ( John ), Erika Rokyta, Enid Szantho, Anton Dermota, Josef von Manowarda and with Franz Schütz at the organ.

Schmidt's premiere of Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln was made much of by the Nazis ( who had annexed Austria shortly before in the Anschluss ), and Schmidt was seen ( according to a report by Georg Tintner ) to give the Nazi salute.

Murray Louis and his dance company appeared at the Henry Street Playhouse on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the premiere of his latest work, `` Signal '', and the repetition of an earlier one, `` Journal ''.

Gershwin brought back some Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928 in Carnegie Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony.

* 1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV.

On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere ( in concert ) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario.

A Doll's House received its world premiere on 21 December 1879 at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Betty Hennings as Nora and Emil Poulsen as Torvald.

The play made its Broadway premiere at the Palmer's Theatre on 21 December 1889, starring Beatrice Cameron as Nora Helmer.

Nearly a half century since its premiere, the series remains in syndication on MeTV.

Months later, in a media presentation on February 2, 2011, MTV announced that the series would premiere in mid-2011.

Amongst other pioneers, the musical chemists Lejaren Hiller and Leonard Isaacson worked on a series of algorithmic composition experiments from 1956-9, manifested in the 1957 premiere of the Illiac Suite for string quartet.

February 1968 saw the premiere of The Light in the Wilderness for baritone solo, choir, organ, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel, and Brubeck improvising on certain themes within.

Since its premiere in 1985, EastEnders has had a large impact on British popular culture.

In the fourth season premiere, Ross and Rachel briefly reconcile after Ross pretends to read a long letter that Rachel wrote for him, but continues to insist that the two were on a break so they break up again.

Afterwards it became the only Godzilla film to receive a television premiere on a major U. S network, as NBC aired it on prime time television in the summer of 1977, where it was hosted by actor John Belushi dressed in a Godzilla costume.

Godzilla vs. Megalon was given a high-profile prime-time NBC network premiere in 1977, with an introduction and bumper segments by John Belushi in a Godzilla suit also used on Saturday Night Live.

It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the Ring.

": A comedic duet featured on the premiere episode and holds firm as one of the series ' most famous and endearing sketches.

On 13 September 2012 it was announced that a film of the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert, entitled Celebration Day, would premiere in theatres on 17 October 2012 and be released 19 November 2012.

Peake's play The Cave, which dates from the mid-1950s, was given a first public reading at the Blue Elephant Theatre in Camberwell ( London ) in 2009, and had its world premiere in the same theatre, directed by Aaron Paterson, on 19 October 2010.

* December 16 – Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 " From the New World " receives its premiere at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

The premiere took place on 16 July 1782, at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Lohengrins Russian premiere, outside Riga, took place at the Mariinsky Theatre on 16 October 1868.

Turandot quickly spread to other venues: Rome ( Teatro Costanzi, April 29, four days after the Milan premiere ), Buenos Aires ( Teatro Colón, June 23 ), Dresden ( September 6, in German ), Venice ( La Fenice, September 9 ), Vienna ( October 14 ; Mafalda Salvatini in the title role ), Berlin ( November 8 ), New York ( Metropolitan Opera, November 16 ), Brussels ( La Monnaie, 17 December, in French ), Naples ( Teatro San Carlo, January 17, 1927 ), Parma ( February 12 ), Turin ( March 17 ), London ( Covent Garden, June 7 ), San Francisco ( September 19 ), Bologna ( October 1927 ), Paris ( March 29, 1928 ), Australia 1928, Moscow ( Bolshoi Theatre, 1931 ).

Meanwhile, Pushkin's drama ( 18 of the published 24 scenes, condensed into 16 ) finally received its first performance in 1870 at the Mariinsky Theatre, three years in advance of the premiere of the opera in the same venue, using the same scene designs by Matvey Shishkov that would be recycled in the opera.

The Revised Version of 1872 received its Moscow premiere on 16 December 1888 at the Bolshoy Theatre.

On June 16, 2012 a historic world premiere of " Mixed Team ( couples ) ski jumping event for men and women " ( also called Battles of Genders or Duels of Genders ) was held at Mostec in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

by Henry Livings, which had its US premiere at the Circle in the Square Downtown on October 16, 1966.

Following his U. S. premiere Benigni performed his last presentation in 16 June 2009, in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he was awarded as Honorary Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires in a ceremony held at the Legislative Palace of the City in homage to the notable Italian diaspora and culture in Argentina.

It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of The Ring.

The book had depicted Glenn as a " zealous moralizer ", and he did not attend the film's Washington premiere on October 16, 1983.

* Daria Day 1998 marathon of Daria episodes on the date of the premiere of the second season ( February 16, 1998 ), hosted by Daria and Jane.

At the ninth symphony's premiere at Carnegie Hall ( December 16, 1893 ) the reception was one of perpetual cheering.

The first British performance took place at Her Majesty's Theatre, London on 6 July 1880 and the American premiere was on 16 November 1880 in Boston.

" Overall the show received mixed reviews, but debuted strongly with over 16 million viewers tuning in for the series premiere, and maintained an average audience of approximately 10 million viewers per week.

* 16 May 1998 ( American premiere ): Produced by Famous Door Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

* September 16 – The Bob Newhart Show ( 1972 – 1978 ) and Bridget Loves Bernie ( 1972 – 1973 ) premiere on CBS.

In February 1988, the premiere broadcast of the 1987 action-comedy film Lethal Weapon became the highest rated telecast in Cinemax's history at that time, averaging a 16. 9 rating and 26 share.

Relevant episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in which Species 8472 appear include season 3 episode 26 ( season finale ) " Scorpion: Part 1 " and season 4 episode 1 ( season premiere ) " Scorpion: Part 2 ", season 4 episode 16 " Prey ", and season 5 episode 4 " In the Flesh ".

Les Huguenots was the first opera to be performed at the Opéra more than 1, 000 times ( the 1, 000th performance being on 16 May 1906 ) and continued to be produced up to 1936, more than a century after its premiere.

* 1909 – 16 December, American premiere: New York City, conducted by the composer.

* British premiere: April 16, 1931, London, conducted by Bruno Walter.

After numerous revisions to its design, the new building opened September 16, 1966 with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra.

* American premiere: October 16, 1931, Boston, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky