On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bowed at the Metropolitan Opera leading and directing Die Walkure. Soprano Gundula Janowitz, bass Karl Ridderbusch and mezzo Gwendolyn Killebrew also made their debuts.
Happy 56th birthday Björk.
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