Skiff, I loved you
On this day in 2015 the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Rossini’s La donna del lago.
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Happy 85th birthday composer John Corigliano.
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On this day in 1966 Metropolitan Opera debut of tenor Alfredo Kraus as the Duke of Mantua.
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On this date Massenet’s Werther premiered in Vienna (1892)
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Tomáz Alcaide (1901), conductor Fernando Previtali (1907), composer Alec Wilder (1907), baritone Geraint Evans (1922), director John Schlesinger (1926) and soprano Marita Napier (1939).
Birthday anniversaries of conductor Eliahu Inbal (87) and opera television director Brian Large (84).
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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