Jan Peerce’s Metropolitan Opera debut

Donations (Thank-You!): BTC: 3GNeBYbn3jE6JHCBgC7wabWp6qeuS7BK9H LTC: LKKXnypAASsVM2pvUVG99yk877JkmS7zXp ETH: 0x9a25a1aed276da6e2a32573bdb563cd3c71f3481 XRP: rCoinaUERUrXb1aA7dJu8qRcmvPNiKS3d (Destination Tag: 1362015775) Jan Peerce sings “Lunge da lei.. De’ miei bollenti spiriti“ from Verdi’s “La traviata.“ This is from the November 29, 1941 Metropolitan Opera performance/broadcast which was Peerce’s debut. Ettore Panizza conducts. Other cast members included Jarmila Novotna (Violetta), Lawrence Tibbett (Germont), Thelma Votipka (Flora), Alessio De Paolis (Gastone), Arthur Kent (Baron Douphol), George Cehanovsky (Marquis D’Obigny), Louis D’Angelo (Dr. Grenvil), and Helen Olheim (Annina). This 1941 signed photo of Peerce is from my personal collection.