On this day in 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul.also on this day in 1956 Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.and on this day in 1962, Richard Rodgers‘ No Strings.Birthday anniversaries of composer Nicola Vaccai (1790), soprano Rose Pauly (1894), tenors Kurt Baum (1900) and Mirto Picchi (1915) and soprano Antonietta Stella (1929).
Photos: Ken Howard / Met Opera
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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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
