WindyCityOperaman
Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.
On this day in 1989 Ken Ludwig‘s play Lend Me A Tenor opened on Broadway
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Happy 100th birthday soprano Lucine Amara
On this day in 1836 Meyerbeer‘s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris
On this day in 1910 prima ballerina Anna Pavlova made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Coppélia (on a double bill with Werther!)
Born on this day in 1935 soprano Mirella Freni
Born on this day in 1802 author and playwright Victor Hugo
On this day in 1948 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano made his Metropolitan Opera debut at the Duke of Mantua
Born on this day in 1934 soprano Renata Scotto
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Régine Crespin
On this day in 1980 baritone Leo Nucci made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Renato
Born on this day in 1907 librettist and poet W. H. Auden
On this day the Metropolitan Opera premiered triple bill of Satie‘s Parade, and Poulenc‘s Les Mamelles de Tirésias and Ravel‘s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges
On this day in 1914 Zandonai‘s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Turin
Born on this day in 1926 mezzo-soprano Rita Gorr
On this day in 1904 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly had its disastrous premiere in Milan
Happy 86th birthday composer John Corigliano
Happy 77th birthday composer John Adams
Happy 65th birthday soprano Renée Fleming
Happy 55th birthday mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato
Born on this day in 1923 director and designer Franco Zeffirelli
Happy 97th birthday soprano Leontyne Price
On this day in 1974 soprano Kiri Te Kanawa made an “emergency” Met debut as Desdemona and her broadcast debut
Happy 37th birthday soprano Lise Davidsen
