Happy 83rd birthday composer Philip Glass.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJC_gDoZcbk
On this day in 1974 Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani had its first staged Metropolitan Opera performance. Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Sherrill Milnes and Justino Diaz conducted by James Levine.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUU5f9TK350
Birthday anniversaries of librettist Felice Romani (1788), composer Franz Schubert (1797) and tenor Mario Lanza and performer Carol Channing (both 1921).
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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