On this day in 2009 Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury headlined the first Broadway revival of A Little Night Music.
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On this day in 1979 mezzo Agnes Baltsa made her Met debut as Octavian.
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Born on this day in 1930 Rosanna Carteri.
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Birthday anniversaries of playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720), poet Heinrich Heine (1797), soprano Iva Pacetti (1898), conductor Jonel Perlea (1900) and tenor Gosta Winbergh (1943).
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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