Born on this day in 1868 soprano Florence Foster Jenkins. On this day in 1951, Two on the Aisle—starring Bert Lahr and Dolores Gray—opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. With sketches and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, the revue ran 276 performances.
No one can ever say I didn’t sing
Born on this day in 1868 soprano Florence Foster Jenkins.
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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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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.