- Soprano Radmila Bakocevic as Cio Cio San (1968) (8 performances)
- Soprano Arlene Saunders as Eva (3 performances, only role)
- Tenor Jean Cox as Walther (8 performances, only role)
- Gunther Leib as Beckmesser in Der Meistersinger (1976) (6 performances, only role)
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On this day in 1963, Liza Minnelli, age 17, made her off-Broadway debut in a revival of Best Foot Forward.
Short-lived Metropolitan Opera careers – on this day debuts of:
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Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.
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