On this day in 1900 the play Madame Butterfly by David Belasco (based on John Luther Long‘s story) opened at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London on a double bill with Jerome K. Jerome’s Miss Hobbs. On this day in 1865 Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine premiered in Paris.
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On this day in 1900 the play Madame Butterfly by David Belasco opened at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London.
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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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