CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts Is Turning 50 and Primed for a Big Party

NYTimes.com: "On May 14, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower thrust a shovel into the ground on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to signal the start of construction on Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. With the maestro Leonard Bernstein as the master of ceremonies, the New York Philharmonic and Juilliard Chorus performed the national anthem. The Metropolitan Opera baritone Leonard Warren sang the prologue to Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens sang the “Habanera” from Bizet’s “Carmen.”"

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