On Sep 20, 1957: #LeontynePrice makes her operatic stage debut singing Madame Lidoine in the United States premiere of "Dialogues of the Carmelites" in San Francisco.

#OTD #TDIH #September16, 1966: #MetropolitanOperaHouse opens at #LincolnCenter with #premieres of #SamuelBarber's #Opera #AntonyAndCleopatra with #ThomasSchippers #AlvinAiley & #LeontynePrice.
#FrancoZeffirelli #GianCarloMenotti #ClassicalSky #OperaSky #MusicSky
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