first performance
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Known for creating an indelible VMAs moment when she kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera onstage during a 2003 medley, Madonna also opened the show with her first performance at the event since that night.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Glass then gave the rights to the Boston Symphony for a July 5 first performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was a hit from its first performance and remains a staple of the classical canon worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
For their first performance, the principles wore their own costumes, and a "scratch" orchestra was formed of local musicians.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Would survivors and relatives of the Lakota Sioux Indians butchered at the Wounded Knee Massacre, which took place just three years before the symphony’s first performance, have recognised its melodies as theirs?
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
