On this day in 1808 Beethoven‘s Fidelio premiered in Vienna
Happy 86th birthday tenor René Kollo
Happy 75th birthday soprano Barbara Hendricks
Happy 73rd birthday tenor Vinson Cole
Birthday anniversary of dancer Alexandra Danilova (1903)
A season in hell
On this day in 1907 bass Fyodor Chaliapin made his Met debut as Boito's Mefistofele
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