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On this day in 1987 a revival of Anything Goes opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, to run 804 performances. Born on this day in 1900 soprano Erna Berger.Born on this day in 1903 composer Vittorio Giannini.Born on this day in 1911 baritone Frederick Sharp.Happy 82nd birthday soprano Benita Valente.
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.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.