On This Day

“Do it big, do it right and do it with style”

Born on this day in 1899, film and Broadway’s most elegant danseur, Fred Astaire.

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On this day in 1937 “Star Spangled Banner” soprano Lucy Monroe made her only Metropolitan Opera performance as Musetta.

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On this day in 1907 Paul Dukas‘ rarity Ariane et Barbe Bleue premiered in Paris.

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Birthday anniversaries of composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), tenors Max Lorenz (1901) and Richard Lewis (1914), conductor Peter Maag (1919), tenor Hans Kaart and designer Josef Svoboda (both 1920).

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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