‘Contes’, get you out of my head
On this day in 2009 the Metropolitan Opera presented a production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann that went through six major cast changes during the rehearsal period.
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Born on this day in 1921 soprano Phyllis Curtin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3L1YD_v7yE
Birthday anniversaries of composer Nino Rota (1911); tenors Charles Craig (1920) and William McAlpine (1922).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDMwhJt0H6Y
Date on which the birth of Maria Callas is traditionally celebrated at parterre box. (Long story: Ask La Cieca.)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYIuEYby2Ro
Photo: Ken Howard
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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Topics: On This Day
