Broadway premieres on this day: in 1953 the Wright-Forrest-Borodin musical Kismet…
… and in 1960 Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot.
Born on this day in 1921 soprano Phyllis Curtin, heard here in music for the holidays.
On this day 27 years ago, our doyenne scribbled her first screed for parterre box.
The zine was launched on this day to honor the 70th birthday of Maria Callas, who was actually born on December 2.

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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