“’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. 

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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