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On this day in 1938, Orson Welles directed and narrated a radio adaptation of War of the Worlds.
On this day in 1944 the Aaron Copland / Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring had its premiere in Washington DC.Three Broadway premieres: Cole Porter‘s Panama Hattie (1940); Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson‘s Lost in the Stars (1949) Stephen Schwartz‘s Wicked (2003).
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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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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.