On this day in 1962 soprano Régine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin. Also debuting: mezzo Hertha Töpper as Octavian and Lotte Lehmann as stage director.
Happy 74th birthday mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa.
Photo: Louis Melançon
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