#FranzJosef appointed #GustavMahler director of #Vienna's Hofoper #OnThisDay in 1897; he introduced 33 new operas at the leading #opera house in Europe; here's "Von der Schönheit" from "Das Lied von der Erde," sung by Jessye Norman:
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