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Festivals 2010  Public site   Operabase Professional  Festivals by country Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States Festivals by type major festivals, themed festivals, baroque/early works, rarities/unusual works, contemporary works, large stage spectaculars, operetta BIRTHS Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer. (300 years).  Performances by date, by title Charles-Simon Favart, French librettist, playwright, composer and impresario. (300 years). Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer and violinist. (300 years).  Performances by date, by title Giuseppe Maria Foppa, Italian librettist. (250 years). Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer and conductor. (200 years).  Performances by date, by title Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist. (200 years). Otto Nicolai, German composer. (200 years).  Performances by date, by title Robert Schumann, German composer. (200 years).  Performances by date, by title Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer. (150 years). Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Russian dramatist and short-story writer. (150 years). Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor. (150 years). Gustave Charpentier, French composer. (150 years).  Performances by date, by title Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer. (150 years). Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish composer. (150 years). Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer and pianist. (150 years). Frank Loesser, American composer and librettist. (100 years). Ennio Porrino, Italian composer. (100 years).  Performances by date, by title Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer. (100 years). Rolf Liebermann, Swiss administrator and composer. (100 years). Samuel Barber, American composer. (100 years).  Performances by date, by title Mark-Anthony Turnage, English composer. (50 years). DEATHS Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer. (300 years). Joaquín Valverde, Spanish composer and conductor. (100 years).  Performances by date, by title Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian writer. (100 years). Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano, composer and teacher. (100 years). Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer. (50 years). Jenő Huszka, Hungarian composer. (50 years). Oscar Hammerstein, American librettist, lyricist and impresario. (50 years). Rutland Boughton, English composer and writer. (50 years). PREMIERES Hidalgo: Celos aun del aire matan (350 years) Arne: Thomas and Sally (250 years) Rameau: Les paladins (250 years) Piccinni: La buona figliuola (250 years) Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio (150 years) Gounod: Philémon et Baucis (150 years) Bloch: Macbeth (100 years) Puccini: La fanciulla del West (100 years) Humperdinck: Königskinder (100 years) Zemlinsky: Kleider machen Leute (100 years) Henze: Der Prinz von Homburg (50 years) Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (50 years)