On This Day

Celebrity of the Year

Born on this day actresses Carol Channing (1921) and Tallulah Bankhead (1902).

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Mmes. Channing and Bankhead are pictured at the 1951 “Celebrity of the Year” ceremony, which, you guessed it, was won by Gloria Swanson (center).

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On this day in 1974 Verdi”s I Vespri Siciliani had its first onstage Metropolitan Opera performance.

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Birthday anniversaries of librettist Felice Romani (1788), composer Franz Schubert (1797) and tenor Mario Lanza (1921).

Happy 85th birthdays administrator Speight Jenkins and composer Philip Glass.

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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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