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On this day in 1996 the 25th Anniversary Gala for conductor James Levine took place at the Met. Memories…

Birthday anniversaries of composers Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), and Arthur Nevin (1871),
soprano Delia Reinhardt (1892),
and conductor Guido Cantelli (1920)

On this day in 1867 Gounod‘s Roméo et Juliette premiered in Paris

On this day in 1877 Massenet‘s Le Roi de Lahore premiered in Paris

Happy 71st birthday soprano Ilona Tokody