My old flame
On this day in 1987 mezzo-soprano Livia Budai made her Metropolitan Opera debut in a new production of Il trovatore… and her farewell two weeks later.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbJ6oBzHlMw
Donal Henahan in The New York Times:
Livia Budai, a Hungarian mezzo-soprano with a hooty voice and little dramatic authority, failed utterly as Azucena. At the end of her big scene, she was impolitely but justifiably booed.
Born on this day in 1939 soprano Lucia Popp.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NItbi7PDY
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Tudor Davies (1892) and bass Michael Langdon (1920).
Happy 75th birthday soprano, teacher and administrator Sheri Greenawald.
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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