On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera debuts of mezzo Teresa Berganza as Cherubino and baritone Tom Krause as Count Almaviva
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Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer
On this day in 1986 baritone Thomas Hampson made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva
On this day in 1988 Dolora Zajick made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena
On this day in 1965 mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Eboli
Born on this day in 1887 soprano Maria Jeritza
Happy 54th birthday tenor Brandon Jovanovich
Happy 83rd birthday director and designer Robert Wilson
On this day in 1968 soprano Marion Lippert made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Turandot.
On this day in 1966 baritone Walter Berry made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Barak
Happy 89th birthday Julie Andrews
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s Die Zauberflöte premiered in Vienna
On this day in 1965 soprano Mirella Freni and tenor Gianni Raimondi made their Metropolitan Opera debuts in La bohème
On this day in 1968 tenor Placido Domingo made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Maurizio
Happy 67th birthday opera director Peter Sellars
On this day in 1835 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premiered in Naples
On this day in 1985 baritone Giuseppe Taddei made his belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Falstaff
Born on this day in 1907 bass Nicola Moscona…
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Happy 73rd birthday baritone Alessandro Corbelli
Happy 90th birthday actress Sophia Loren
Born on this day in 1918 mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom (some sources say 1915)
Happy 53rd birthday soprano Anna Netrebko
