On this day in 2009 Yannick Nézet-Séguin made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Carmen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjGMPz9WUIw
On this day in 1966 Kitty Carlisle made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Orlofsky.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMAtYIraotw
Born on this day in 1905 composer Jule Styne.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGHtz9DKqk8
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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