Wednesday, 13 January 2016

THROWBACKTHISDAY, JAN 13; Opera was broadcast over the radio for the very first time.

                             

On January 13, 1910, the first public radio broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live Metropolitan Opera House performance of several famous opera singers.
The first public radio broadcast consisted of performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Riccardo Martin performed as Turridu, Emmy Destinn as Santuzza, and Enrico Caruso as Canio. The conductor was Egisto TangoThis wireless radio transmission event of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso of a concert from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City is regarded as the birth of public radio broadcasting.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 106 years and TBT Blog remembers.

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