1976 Event Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata" 1946 Birthday Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata 1935 Birthday Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1922 Birthday Cornell MacNeil, U.S., singer and actor, La Traviata 1901 Death Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/Aida), dies at 87 1853 Event Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice 1813 Birthday Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi, Italian composer, Traviata, Aida
