Happy 86th birthday to the sublime Dame Maggie Smith.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiiW8eV7bx8
On this day in 1910 Engelbert Humperdinck’s “other” opera Königskinder premiered at the Met.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K83t9C7vi2k
On this day in 1944 the Leonard Bernstein–Betty Comden–Adolph Green musical On the Town premiered on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIlTlJv8UE
Happy 54th birthday tenor Piotr Beczala.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG5zK7GBXwQ
Happy birthday to hunkentenors Richard Troxell and Jonathan Blalock.
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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