Thomas Baltzar
... that in 1656, German violinist Thomas Baltzar helped premiere The Siege of Rhodes, thought to have been the first all-sung English opera?
... that in 1656, German <a href="./Violin" id="mwFHE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Violin">violinist</a> <b id="mwFHI"><a href="./Thomas_Baltzar" id="mwFHM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Baltzar">Thomas Baltzar</a></b> helped premiere <i id="mwFHQ"><a href="./The_Siege_of_Rhodes" id="mwFHU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Siege of Rhodes">The Siege of Rhodes</a></i>, thought to have been the first all-sung <a href="./English_language" id="mwFHY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="English language">English</a> <a href="./Opera" id="mwFHc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Opera">opera</a>?