otelloOn this day in 1948 Verdi’s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera. 

Can’t find a kinescope, but this broadcast came a few days after:

Born on this day in 1632 composer Jean-Baptise Lully.

Born on this day in 1797 composer Gaetano Donizetti.

Born on this day in 1892 tenor Erich Zimmermann.

Happy 79th birthday tenor John Brecknock.

Happy 74th birthday baritone Philippe Huttenlocher.

Happy 70th birthday soprano Carole Farley.

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