On this day in 1962 Liza Minnelli made her off-Broadway debut in the musical Best Foot Forward.
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On this day in 1994 the already legendary Mirella Freni brought her interpretation of Adriana Lecouvreur to the Metropolitan Opera.
On this day in 1946 Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer‘s musical St. Louis Woman opened at Martin Beck Theater.
On this day in 2001, Violeta Urmana made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Kundry.
On this day in 1981 the Metropolitan Opera telecast its new and unremarkable production of La traviata.
On this day in 1952 the film Singin’ in the Rain premiered at Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
On this day in 1992 the Metropolitan Opera presented a [disastrous] new production of Elektra.
Born on this day in 1910 soprano Magda Olivero.
On this day in 1920 the Metropolitan Opera presented the company’s first performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì.
On this day in 1990 soprano Karita Mattila made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni.
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.
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.
