Happy Halloween!
“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become Paul Lynde when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is full and bright.”
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uNoO9xmFHw
On this day in 1949 Marc Blitzstein‘s opera Regina opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjXBAhnD58
Birthday anniversaries of director and interviewer August Everding (1928)
and soprano Bozena Ruk-Focic (1931).
WindyCityOperaman
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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Topics: Halloween, On This Day
