On this day in 1972 soprano Atsuko Azuma made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the title role of Madama Butterfly.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgDrA53ytM
Happy 70th birthday soprano June Anderson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5sGY5aWVE
On this day in 1948 Cole Porter‘s Kiss Me Kate opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2GM5bB3IY
On this day in 1954 the Harold Arlen / Truman Capote musical House of Flowers opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-1mUC4asA
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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