Great hits, like Beethoven's ninth symphony, were booed when they were first performed.
Shakespeare almost certainly worked as an actor there and some of his plays, including Titus Andronicus, were first performed there.
It was at La Fenice that many great works, including La Traviata, Rigoletto and Simon Boccanegra, were first performed".
The songs were first performed at "Schubertiades," salons held at private homes.
Selections from The Nutcracker were first performed as an orchestral suite in March 1892.
Her plays have perfectly expressed the anxieties and possibilities of the moment in which they were first performed, and yet have managed to seem new in subsequent revivals.
Unofficially forbidden in the immediate aftermath of the 10 years of chaos, model Beijing opera excerpts were first performed again in the late 1980's.
And Jewish choreographers found an especially warm home at the Y, where classics like Anna Sokolow's "Rooms" and Sophie Maslow's "Village I Knew" were first performed.
It's common knowledge that Shakespeare's plays were first performed with all-male casts; it wasn't until around 1660 that a female actor was used.
By Hilton Als It's common knowledge that Shakespeare's plays were first performed with all-male casts; it wasn't until around 1660 that a female actor was used.
"Five of Shakespeare's plays that were published anonymously were first performed in her theatre company," Pinkins said.
