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Happy 97th birthday soprano Leontyne Price
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On this day in 1974 soprano Kiri Te Kanawa made an “emergency” Met debut as Desdemona and her broadcast debut
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On this day in 1928 soprano Grace Moore made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimi.
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On this day in 1968 mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amneris.
On this day in 2006 tenor Jonas Kaufmann made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Alfredo.
Born on this day in 1887 poet and expatriate Gertrude Stein
On this day in 1974 Verdi‘s I Vespri Siciliani had its first Metropolitan Opera performance.
On this day in 1957 soprano Martha Mödl made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Siegfried Brunnhilde.
On this day in 1781 the premiere of Mozart‘s Idomeneo in Munich
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