Giovane e prode è desso
On this day in 1964 the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night boasted a new Nathaniel Merrill production of Aida.
Aida: Birgit Nilsson
Radamès: Carlo Bergonzi
Amneris: Irene Dalis
Amonasro: Mario Sereni
Ramfis: Giorgio Tozzi
King: John Macurdy
Conductor: Georg Solti
Director: Nathaniel Merrill
Designer: Robert O’Hearn
Choreographer: Katherine Dunham [Debut]
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K7JoHea9lY
On this day in 1961 Frank Loesser‘s musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoJWzTasHE4
Happy birthday to parterre box scribe Christopher Corwin!
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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Topics: On This Day
