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

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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:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEwti_TWfk

Born on this day in 1632 composer Jean-Baptise Lully.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtiAd9eZeEE

Born on this day in 1797 composer Gaetano Donizetti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnHm9Us5VI

Born on this day in 1892 tenor Erich Zimmermann.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eg7aSQ-cMM

Happy 79th birthday tenor John Brecknock.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ad1ZB46Gg4

Happy 74th birthday baritone Philippe Huttenlocher.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsi9JLuH7s

Happy 70th birthday soprano Carole Farley.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkW0pioD_xk

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