“’You see such a lot you don’t know, you know, and, you know, you don’t see the fellahs you know,’ lisped one young man, whose attire was as faultless as his imported manner.” On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with a gala performance of Faust.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJTc-Oz_YY
Born on this day in 1809 composer Federico Ricci.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVMj2z4uoQg
Born on this day in 1811 composer Franz Liszt.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0jXDc7Oks
Born on this day in 1859 conductor Carl Muck.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA10NIkAt9A
Born on this day in 1885 tenor Giovanni Martinelli.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecRZr_mtY8
Born on this day in 1907 tenor Günther Treptow.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpG0lYDc6Po
Born on this day in 1912 soprano Esther Réthy.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r7VoefPNzg
Happy 82nd birthday bass-baritone Donald McIntyre.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNPBclhziXE
Born on this day in 1946 soprano Elizabeth Connell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycx78qUnwww
Happy 67th birthday tenor Aldo Bertolo.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvwAEFgzVGU
