On this day in 2010 Broadway musical legends Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch joined the cast of A Little Night Music at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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Born on this day in 1924 tenor Carlo Bergonzi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fJqmROCvzg
On this day in 1668 Antonio Cesti‘s opera Il pomo d’oro premiered in Vienna.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXtML5WZi5c
Born on this day in 1921 soprano Marcella Pobbe.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4h0Yd8b6Q
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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