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On this day in 1948 Verdi’s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera.
On this day in 1948 Verdi’s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera.
Can’t find a kinescope, but this broadcast came a few days after:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEwti_TWfk
Born on this day in 1632 composer Jean-Baptise Lully.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtiAd9eZeEE
Born on this day in 1797 composer Gaetano Donizetti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnHm9Us5VI
Born on this day in 1892 tenor Erich Zimmermann.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eg7aSQ-cMM
Happy 79th birthday tenor John Brecknock.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ad1ZB46Gg4
Happy 74th birthday baritone Philippe Huttenlocher.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsi9JLuH7s
Happy 70th birthday soprano Carole Farley.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkW0pioD_xk
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.
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Topics: On This Day
