Winter meeting
On this day in 1958 Samuel Barber‘s Vanessa had its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2oGOO3KlDg
On this day in 1942 conductor Sir Thomas Beecham made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting a double bill of Phoebus and Pan (Bach’s Cantata Der Streit zwischen) and Rinsky-Korsakovs Coq d’Or.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKAd_wS5kK8
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
