On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened on Broadway.
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera debuts of mezzo Teresa Berganza as Cherubino and baritone Tom Krause as Count Almaviva.
Born on this day composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813) and soprano Leyla Gencer (circa 1924).
On this day in 1986 baritone Thomas Hampson made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva.
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 95th birthday actress Glynis Johns.
Happy 62nd birthday actor and director Christoph Waltz.
On this day in 1968 soprano Marion Lippert made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Turandot.
On this day in 1966 Die Frau Ohne Schatten was first heard at the Met, featuring baritone Walter Berry making his debut as Barak.
On this day in 2011 tenor Javier Camarena made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva.
On this day in 1963 the musical The Student Gypsy, or, The Prince of Liederkranz opened at the 54th Street Theatre.
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 61st birthday opera director Peter Sellars.
Born on this day in 1898 composer George Gershwin.
On this day in 1985 baritone Giuseppe Taddei made his belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Falstaff.
Born on this day Cornell MacNeil and Ettore Bastianini (both in 1922) and Pablo Elvira (in 1938).
Born on this day in 1907 soprano Jarmila Novotná.
On this day in 1968 mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Carmen.
On this day in 1971 Sir Rudolf Bing opened his final season at the Met with a revival of Don Carlo.
Happy 91st birthday actress Rosemary Harris!
Happy 47th birthday soprano Anna Netrebko!
On this day in 1971 the Met revived Norma with its surefire team of Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne.
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