On this ray in 1932, soprano Göta Ljungberg made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Sieglinde.
On this day in 1968 the Metropolitan Opera presented Tosca, the first new production of this work since 1917.
Think of it as the anti-Puritani.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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