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It is currently the home of the Baltimore Opera and institutions which have performed in the Lyric Opera include the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (until 1982 ), Metropolitan Opera , and the Philadelphia Orchestra . The Lyric Opera House's opening, on October 31 , 1894, included the famed Australian singer Nellie Melba . In the early 20th century, the Lyric Opera featured opera tenor Enrico Caruso , a boxing match between Joe Gans and Mike Sullivan , and the first public showing of electric cooking in Baltimore, as well as hosting speakers like Aimee Semple McPherson , Will Rogers , Richard Byrd , Clarence Darrow , Amelia Earhart , Charles Lindbergh and William Jennings Bryan . REFERENCES |