Simple and sweet
Born on this day in 1907 songstress supreme Connee Boswell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4tWpH-H2lg
Broadway premieres on this day: in 1953 the Wright-Forrest-Borodin musical Kismet…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HjV751Ow6M
… and in 1960 Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqWFbo_ZLUA
Born on this day in 1921 soprano Phyllis Curtin, heard here in music for the holidays.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3L1YD_v7yE
On this day 27 years ago, our doyenne scribbled her first screed for parterre box.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMIEuG5Ia6w
The zine was launched on this day to honor the 70th birthday of Maria Callas, who was actually born on December 2.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HqOfDW14F0
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: On This Day
