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On this day in 1948 Verdi‘s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera
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On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London
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On this day in 1938 tenor Jussi Bjoerling made his Met debut as Rodolfo.
Born on this day in 1913 composer Benjamin Britten
On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bows at the Metropolitan Opera in Walkure.
On this day in 1907 bass Fyodor Chaliapin made his Met debut as Boito‘s Mefistofele
On this day in 1962 soprano Regine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin.
On this day in 1974 tenor Jose Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavardossi
On this day in 1968 the Kander-Ebb musical Zorba opened on Broadway
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