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On this day in 1961 Leontyne Price opened the Metropolitan Opera season in La fanciulla del West.
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Happy 99th birthday composer Ned Rorem.
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On this day in 1972 Stephen Schwartz‘s musical Pippin opened on Broadway. Ben Vereen, John Rubinstein, Jill Clayburgh and Irene Ryan starred.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Albert Lortzing (1801), baritone Imre Palló (1891) and soprano Denise Duval (1921).
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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