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Born on this day in 1927 singer, actress, comedian, dancer and activist Eartha Kitt.
Streaming and discussion begin at 6:55 PM. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera
Born on this day in 1901 actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer Bebe Daniels.
Trove Thursday offers a nearly forgotten 19th century opera with a most marvelous name: Le Roi d’Ys by Éduoard Lalo featuring a superb French cast led by Alain Vanzo, Andrea Guiot, Jane Rhodes and Robert Massard.
Born on this day in 1905 actress Kay Francis.
Born on this day 1910 impossibly difficult actress Luise Rainer.
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On this day in 1934 soprano Lotte Lehmann made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Sieglinde.
Despite having lost its announced Cherubino, conductor and Count (the latter in the midst of rehearsals), the season premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro Saturday afternoon proved to be one of the most enjoyable Met Mozart performances I’ve attended in ages.
Born on this day in 1939 actor Sal Mineo.
On this dayin 1956 an encore live TV presentation of Peter Pan starred Mary Martin.
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Born on this day in 1911 ecdysiast Gypsy Rose Lee.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Will Liverman (Charles), Angel Blue (Destiny/Loneliness/Greta), Latonia Moore (Billie).
Trove Thursday begins 2022 with a favorite magical opera tinkered with by another great composer: Weber’s Der Freischütz in Berlioz’s French version conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with the great José van Dam as Gaspard!
Born on this day in 1913 actress and clothes horse Loretta Young.
Also on this day in 1977 soprano Edita Gruberova made her Met debut as the Queen of the Night.
Baritone Michael Chioldi jumps into the title role for tonight’s performance.
