On this day in 1994 Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk finally bows at the Met. Maria Ewing is Katerina.
Birthday anniversaries: Born on this day in 1668 composers Francois Couperin (1668) and Henri Rabaud (1873); dramatist and poet Friedrich von Schiller (1759) and singer Jane Froman (1907).

Happy 91st birthday composer Ennio Morricone. Happy 90th birthday composer and lyricist Marilyn Bergman. Happy 78th birthday tenor Graham Clark.

On this day in 1970 the Richard Rodgers–Martin Charnin musical Two By Two opened on Broadway.

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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