On this day in 1951 soprano Victoria de los Ángeles made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Marguerite
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On this day in 1991 soprano Renée Fleming made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Countess Almaviva
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On this day in 1885 W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London
Happy 81st birthday soprano Julia Migenes
On this day in 1857 Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra premiered in Venice
On this day in 1985 Giuseppe Sinopoli made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Tosca
Born on this day in 1892 soprano Dame Eva Turner
Born on this day in 1910 composer Samuel Barber
On this day in 1976 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Octavian
Happy 60th birthday mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves
Happy 39th birthday soprano Pretty Yende
On this day in 1959 Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck had its Metropolitan Opera premiere (in English)
Born on this day in 1929 conductor Bernard Haitink
On this day in 1875 Bizet‘s Carmen has its disastrous premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris
On this day in 1989 Ken Ludwig‘s play Lend Me A Tenor opened on Broadway
Happy 100th birthday soprano Lucine Amara
On this day in 1836 Meyerbeer‘s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris
On this day in 1910 prima ballerina Anna Pavlova made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Coppélia (on a double bill with Werther!)
Born on this day in 1935 soprano Mirella Freni
Born on this day in 1802 author and playwright Victor Hugo
On this day in 1948 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano made his Metropolitan Opera debut at the Duke of Mantua
Born on this day in 1934 soprano Renata Scotto
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Régine Crespin
