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On this day in 1928 the American Premiere of Richard Strauss‘ Die ägyptische Helena at the Met.
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On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera presented its very first traviata.
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In 1961 soprano Phyllis Curtin makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Fiordiligi
On this night in 1924 Tullio Serafin made his Met debut conducting Elisabeth Rethberg and Giovanni Martinelli in Aida.
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On this day in 2005 mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato made her Met debut as Cherubino
Born on this day in 1923 soprano Victoria de los Angeles
On this day in 1944 the Aaron Copland/Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring had its premiere in Washington DC.
On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. Ingrid Bjoner debuts as Elsa.
On this day in 1958 Met opening night Tosca with Tebaldi, del Monaco and George London. (from two years earlier. . . )
On this day in 1959 mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Galina Vishnevskaya
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