On This Day

Living in the past

On this day in 1981 Stephen Sondheim‘s Merrily We Roll Along opened at the Alvin Theatre, to run 16 performances.

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On this day in 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, to run 1,443 performances.

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On this day in 1926 the United States premiere and first Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini’s Turandot, featuring Maria Jeritza and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, with Tullio Serafin at the helm.

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On this day in 1908 conductor Arturo Toscanini made his Metropolitan Opera debut.

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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.

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