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On this day in 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck‘s Hansel und Gretel premiered in Weimar
On this day in 1921 Jerome Kern‘s Sally produced by Ziegfeld on Broadway
On this date in 1991 the world premiere of John Corigliano‘s The Ghost of Versailles at the Met
Georg Solti made his Met debut conducting Tannhäuser on this date in 1960.
Born on this day in 1770 composer Ludwig van Beethoven
On this day in 1918 Puccini’s Il trittico had its world premiere at the Met
On this day in 1979 mezzo Agnes Baltsa made her Met debut as Octavian
Born on this day in 1915 singer and actor Frank Sinatra
On this day in 1910 Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West had its world premiere at the Met.
On this day in 1901 Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Rome starring Eleonora Duse and Gustavo Salvini
On this day in 1849 Verdi’s Luisa Miller premiered in Naples
On this day in 1846 Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust premiered in Paris
On this day in 1993, the first issue of parterre box was published