Haute couture
On this day in 2008 designers Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano took turns draping frocks on Renée Fleming for a gala opening night at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Happy 81st birthday soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow.
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On this day in 1964 Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway.
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Birthday anniversaries of baritone Herbert Janssen (1892), soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (1894) and stage director and librettist Colin Graham and conductor Nello Santi (both 1931).
Happy birthday to diva Karen Slack and longtime Friends of the Box Batty Masetto and Brad Wilber.
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Happy first day of autumn!
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Photo: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera
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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