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On this day, premiere performance anniversaries!

January 26, 2019

On this day, premiere performance anniversaries of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (1790), Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia (1833), Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (1911) and Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites (1957).

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On this day in 1955 conductor Rudolf Kempe made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Tannhäuser. Final Met performance a Rosenkavalier only one year later.

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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.