On This Day

“I’ve always been lucky”

Forty years ago tonight, Elizabeth Taylor made her Broadway debut as Regina in The Little Foxes.

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On this day in 2017 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.

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Born on this day three great Swedish singer: soprano Elisabeth Söderström (1927), tenor Helge Brilioth and baritone Ingvar Wixell (both 1931).

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Happy 75th birthday soprano Barbara Daniels. Happy 74th birthday soprano Stefka Evstatieva. Happy 70th birthday bass Roderick Kennedy. Happy 65th birthday stage director Nicholas Hytner.

 

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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