On this day in 1903, the Metropolitan Opera presented the first staged performance of Parsifal outside Bayreuth.
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On this night in 1951 Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors premiered on television.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg81twKXbY
Born on this day in 1824 composer Peter Cornelius.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDG338cxF08
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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