Miss Sold Out
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of soprano Renata Tebaldi.
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Premiere of Puccini’s La bohème on this day in 1896 in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
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Premiere of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut on this day in 1893 in Turin.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Victor Herbert (1859), librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), sopranos Germaine Lubin (1890) and Carol Neblett (1946), basses Alexander Kipnis (1891) and Aage Haugland (1944) and tenor Flaviano Labò (1927).
Happy birthday to director, choreographer and librettist John de los Santos.
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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