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On this day in 1992 soprano Deborah Polaski made her Met debut as Kundry.

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Born on this day in 1847 composer Francesco Paolo Tosti

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Birthday anniversaries of tenor Julius Patzak (1898), singer and actor Paul Robeson (1898), conductor Antal Dorati (1906), mezzo-soprano/contralto Cloe Elmo (1910) and bass-baritone Claudio Desderi (1943).

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On this day in 1996 tenor Roberto Alagna made his Met debut as Rodolfo.

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Happy 95th birthday tenor Luigi Alva.

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Birthday anniversaries of composer Eugen d’Albert (1864), conductor Victor De Sabata (1892), director and administrator Herbert Graf (1904), conductor Joseph Post (1906) and tenor Vilem Pribyl (1925).