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On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì.
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On this day in 1990 soprano Karita Mattila made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni.
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On this day in 1908 soprano Ellen Beach Yaw made her debut and only performance at the Metropolitan Opera as Lucia di Lammermoor.
On this day in 1901 the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Reyer’s Salammbô.
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On this day in 1884 the Metropolitan Opera presented its first performance of Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots.
On this day in 1993 Tiziana Fabbricini made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Violetta.
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera presented the world premiere of Marvin David Levy‘s Mourning Becomes Electra.
On this day in 1991 soprano Renée Fleming made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Countess Almaviva.
On this day in 2007 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Die Ägyptische Helena.
On this day in 1959 soprano Martina Arroyo made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo.
On this day in 1965 the Metropolitan Opera offered a matinee performance of Salome featuring Birgit Nilsson.
On this day in 1987 the Met raised the curtain on Franco Zeffirelli‘s production of Turandot.
On this day in 1993, the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos.
On this day in 1928 the Metropolitan Opera presented the United States premiere of Puccini’s La rondine starring Lucrezia Bori and Beniamino GIgli.
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