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1975
 
     
David Hockney begins a new career as a set designer, with The Rake's Progress by Stravinksky at Glyndebourne        
1978
 
    
Hungarian composer György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre has its premiere in Stockholm       
1981
 
    
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Thursday from Light, the first of a seven-part opera cycle, is performed in Milan       
1981
 
   
16-year-old ballerina Sylvie Guillem joins the Paris Opera Ballet      
1983
 
    
Rudolf Nureyev begins a successful 6-year period as artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet       
1983
 
   
Olivier Messiaen's opera St Francis of Assisi has its premiere in Paris      
1984
 
    
Luciano Berio's opera Un re in ascolto has its premiere in Salzburg       
1984
 
    
The opera Akhnaten, by US composer Philip Glass, has its first performance in Stuttgart       
1986
 
    
Harrison Birtwistle's second opera, The Mask of Orpheus, brings him an international reputation       
1986
 
    
Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki's opera The Black Mask is premiered in Salzburg