Born on this day composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813) and soprano Leyla Gencer (1924).
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Jerónimo Giménez (1854) and Vernon Duke (1903); conductor Alexander Shamil’yevich Melik-Pashayev (1905).
On this day in 1935 the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess opened at the Alvin Theatre (today known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway.
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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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