On this day in 1964, the American premiere of Menotti’s The Last Savage took place at the Metropolitan Opera with George London, Nicolai Gedda, Roberta Peters and Teresa Stratas in the cast, Thomas Schippers conducting.
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Vladimir Rosing (1890) and bass Manfred Schenk (1930).
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