Happy 92nd birthday soprano Antonietta Stella.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQtIWHwvaRg
Broadway Premieres: On this day in 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul opened.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIB9cGlLkm0
Also on this day (in 1956) Lerner and Lowe’s My Fair Lady opened.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMNPD0MZD2I
Birthday anniversaries of composer Nicola Vaccai (1790), soprano Rose Pauly (1894), tenors Kurt Baum (1900) and Mirto Picchi (1915).
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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