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On this day in 1991 soprano Deborah Voigt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amelia
Born on this day in 1854 writer Oscar Wilde
On this day in 1965 soprano Renata Scotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cio-Cio San
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera debuts of mezzo Teresa Berganza as Cherubino and baritone Tom Krause as Count Almaviva
On this day in 1986 baritone Thomas Hampson made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva
On this day in 1988 Dolora Zajick made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena
On this day in 1965 mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Eboli
Happy 83rd birthday director and designer Robert Wilson
On this day in 1968 soprano Marion Lippert made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Turandot.
On this day in 1966 baritone Walter Berry made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Barak
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s Die Zauberflöte premiered in Vienna
On this day in 1965 soprano Mirella Freni and tenor Gianni Raimondi made their Metropolitan Opera debuts in La bohème
On this day in 1968 tenor Placido Domingo made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Maurizio
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