On this day 52 years ago the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center. Left this world on this day 41 years ago in Paris.Happy 69th birthday to directors Christopher Alden and David Alden.
“Big, grand, impressive and vulgar”
On this day 52 years ago the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center.
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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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