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On this day in 1970 Lauren Bacall made her dancing and “singing” debut at the Palace Theatre in Applause, a musical version of All About Eve that went on to run 895 performances.
On this day in 1970 tenor Nico Castel made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro, the first of 793 performances with the company ending in 1997.Birthday anniversaries of poet Paul Verlaine (1844) and baritone John Heddle Nash (1926).
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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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