“Does it bite?”
On this night in 1951 Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors premiered on television.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJG0jsm_9c
Born on this day in 1754 poet George Crabbe.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCU6kT2_bRs
Born on this day in 1791 dramatist and librettist Eugène Scribe.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEnPr8jbjb0
Born on this day in 1824 composer Peter Cornelius (with music for the holiday.)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDG338cxF08
Born on this day in 1887 soprano Lucrezia Bori.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAo6wnWVniw
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Teresa Stich-Randall.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6yItLe2zx0
Happy 78th birthday conductor Arnold Ostman.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lme-XbA8Pbo
Born on this day in 1930 dancer and choreographer Robert Joffrey.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1egey7fFUoA
Happy 67th birthday composer Libby Larsen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHsbq5GKbnk
Born on this day in 1957 baritone Richard Cowan.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lAQJHIwX3c
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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