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On this day in 1993 Dvorak’s Rusalka finally appeared at the Met. Gabriela Benacková did the honors.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4YyrofIyFs

On this day in 1725 Handel’s Tamerlano premiered in London.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEoikNRIWTw

On this day in 1862 Verdi’s La forza del destino premiered in St Petersburg.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpddNUIYgaU

Born on this day conductor Ernest Ansermet (1883) and soprano Gertrude Grob-Prandl (1917).

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXT8y7IvmTU