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On this day in 1879 Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin premiered in Moscow
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Happy 55th birthday mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona
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On this day in 1964 the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical Funny Girl opened on Broadway
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On this day in 1920 the first performance of Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin at the Met
On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì
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On this day in 2008 soprano Angela Meade made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Elvira in Ernani
On this day in 1977 Alban Berg‘s Lulu premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in the as-yet incomplete 2 act version.
On this day in 1951 soprano Victoria de los Ángeles made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Marguerite
On this day in 1991 soprano Renée Fleming made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Countess Almaviva
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