Come closer and listen
Happy 72nd birthday to songstress Lulu.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ew43u2gS0Y&start=15
On this night in 1924 Tullio Serafin made his Met debut conducting Aida.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD486V4DpQ8
Born on this day in 1801 composer Vincenzo Bellini.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwhiKxAGRjs
Broadway opening nights:
In 1927, Richard Rodgers–Lorenz Hart‘s A Connecticut Yankee.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHmmS6XquYA
In 1960 Meredith Willson‘s The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4aDCRfRDY0
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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