"Finally introducing Londoners to the beauty of Italian opera - such culture, such melodrama! Grazie for the applause! 👏🎶🇮🇹 #Rinaldo #OvertureOrchestra" - George Frideric Handel

Feb 24, 1711 - Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo_(opera)