Poesia
On this day in 1938, two Met debuts in La bohème: tenor Jussi Bjoerling and soprano Mafalda Favero.
On this day in 1938, two Met debuts in La bohème: tenor Jussi Bjoerling and soprano Mafalda Favero.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OajZ9SCQO8
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On this day 30 years ago Mystery Science Theatre 3000 premiered on on KTMA, a cable access channel in Minneapolis. This program, which Our Own JJ first viewed in 1990 on The Comedy Channel, was a seminal influence on parterre box.
httpvh://youtu.be/N6SZWstSFyE
Birthday anniversary of soprano Lilli Lehmann (1848).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWpknxVv2Q0
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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