Not such a good idea, after all
Oh dear. This looks fun, I thought: [W]hat’s your birth opera? Or, in other words, which opera (and cast, if applicable) was the Met performing on the day you were born? (You get this information, of course, from the Met Archives Database.)
I was hoping it would be Figaro, Don Giovanni, Rosenkavlier, Carmen or some Verdi. Something good, anyway.
It turns out to quite the most boring, overrated opera in the repertory (well, the second most boring, overrated opera - Pelleas is the run away winner of that accolade):
Metropolitan Opera House
December 18, 1964
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN
Offenbach-Barbier/CarréHoffmann................Nicolai Gedda
Olympia.................Jeanette Scovotti
Giulietta...............Biserka Cvejic
Antonia.................Lucine Amara
Stella..................Sally Brayley
Lindorf.................William Dooley
Coppélius...............William Dooley
Dappertutto.............William Dooley
Dr. Miracle.............William Dooley
Nicklausse..............Janis Martin
Andrès..................Andrea Velis
Cochenille..............Andrea Velis
Pitichinaccio...........Andrea Velis
Frantz..................Andrea Velis
Luther..................Louis Sgarro
Nathanael...............Arthur Graham
Hermann.................Russell Christopher
Spalanzani..............Paul Franke
Schlemil................Clifford Harvuot
Crespel.................John Macurdy
Mother's Voice..........Gladys KrieseConductor...............Silvio Varviso
Production..............Cyril Ritchard
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Choreographer...........Cyril Ritchard [Debut]