Happy 55th birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb3m90nl-E
On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide premiered in Paris.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zozVbW-sCro
On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened at the Majestic Theatre, to run 890 performances.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7oatLydC0
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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