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On this day in 1959 Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck had its Metropolitan Opera premiere (in English)
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On this day in 1875 Bizet‘s Carmen has its disastrous premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris
On this day in 1989 Ken Ludwig‘s play Lend Me A Tenor opened on Broadway
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On this day in 1836 Meyerbeer‘s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris
On this day in 1910 prima ballerina Anna Pavlova made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Coppélia (on a double bill with Werther!)
On this day in 1948 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano made his Metropolitan Opera debut at the Duke of Mantua
On this day in 1980 baritone Leo Nucci made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Renato
Born on this day in 1907 librettist and poet W. H. Auden
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