On This Day

Renegade princess

On this day in 1936, mezzo-soprano Bruna Castagna made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amneris.

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Birthday anniversaries of composers Bedrich Smetana (1824), Kurt Weill (1900) and Marc Blitzstein (1905); tenor Thomas Burke (1890) and conductor Anthony Lewis (1915).

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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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