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| 1956 |
| | | Hans Werner Henze's opera The Stag King has its premiere in Berlin | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Danish architect Jørn Utzon wins the competition to design Sydney Opera House | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Arnold Schoenberg's opera Moses and Aaron, incomplete at his death, has its premiere in Zurich | |
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| 1959 |
| | | Australian soprano Joan Sutherland becomes a star overnight with her performance at Covent Garden in Lucia di Lammermoor | |
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| 1960 |
| | | 20-year-old Spanish tenor Placido Domingo sings his first major role, as Alfredo in La Traviata in the Mexican city of Monterrey | |
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| 1961 |
| | | Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes his operatic debut in Reggio Emilia, as Rodolfo in La Bohème | |
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| 1965 |
| | | Maria Callas gives her last performance, as Tosca at Covent Garden in London | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Michael Tippett's opera The Knot Garden has its premiere at Covent Garden | |
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| 1972 |
| | | Peter Maxwell Davies's opera Taverneris performed at Covent Garden | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The Sydney Opera House opens with a performance by Australian Opera of Prokofiev's War and Peace | |
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