On this day in 1996 mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Despina.
On this day in 1895 Tchaikovsky and Petipa’s ballet Swan Lake premiered in St Petersburg.
Birthday anniversaries of bass-baritone Ferdinand Frantz (1906), soprano Ilona Steingruber (1912) and tenor Giacinto Prandelli (1914).
Photo: Ray Burmiston | Decca Classics
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