On this day day in 1970, the Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Charles Strouse / Lee Adams musical Applause opened at the Palace Theatre, to run 896 performances. Lauren Bacall starred as Margo Channing.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_3gxHeivR0&start=129
On this day in 1970 tenor Nico Castel made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Don Basilo in Le Nozze di Figaro. He sang a total of 793 Met performances ending in 1997.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SIwYal6CDM
Birthday anniversaries of poet Paul Verlaine (1844) and baritone John Heddle Nash (1926).
Happy 80th birthday soprano Laila Andersson-Palme.
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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