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Events on Sunday 19 October 1845 1
1845Premiere of TannhauserWagner's opera opens in DresdenRichard Wagner's opera Tannhauser premiered at the Royal Saxon Court Theatre in Dresden, with Wagner conducting. He revised it several times over the following decades. Its overture became one of his most performed orchestral pieces.