Happy 85th birthday to thespian Dame Maggie Smith.
httpvh://youtu.be/LDRyHYDH7xI
Happy 53rd birthday tenor Piotr Beczala.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG5zK7GBXwQ
On this day in 1910 Engelbert Humperdinck’s “other” opera Königskinder premiered at the Met
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K83t9C7vi2k
On this day in 1944 the Leonard Bernstein / Betty Comden / Adolph Green musical On the Town premiered on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIlTlJv8UE
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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