On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì.

On this day in 1896 Giordano’s Andrea Chénier premiered in Milan.

Birthday anniversaries of soprano Fritzi Jokl (1895), conductor Argeo Quadri (1911), baritone Pierre Mollet (1920) and contralto Monica Sinclair (1925).

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