Everyone’s an outlaw
On this day in 1962, the Metropolitan Opera presented Ernani starring Carlo Bergonzi, Leontyne Price, Cornell MacNeil and Giorgio Tozzi, conducted by Thomas Schippers.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPgEyGykuJE
On this day in 1951 Benjamin Britten‘s Billy Budd premiered in London
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loofqNmPauk
Broadway openings on this day:
In 1956 Leonard Bernstein‘s Candide.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXMxhMhYm4
In 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p5MRGQP5e4
In 1968 Burt Bacharach–Hal David‘s Promises Promises.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S4M5EAG8Y
Born on this day metteur en scène (etc.) Tom Volf.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xmsGzhhDGE
World AIDS Day 2022.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHYpQLeWaw
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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