On This Day

Cistern act

On this day in 1965 the Metropolitan Opera offered a matinee performance of Salome featuring Birgit Nilsson.

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Born on this day in 1930 mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias.

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Happy 74th 79th birthday soprano Julia Migenes.

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On this day in 1797 Luigi Cherubini’s Medée premiered in Paris.

Birthday anniversaries of composer Hugo Wolf (1860), conductor Fritz Busch (1890), sopranos Maria Németh (1897) and Jennifer Vyvyan (1925), mezzo-soprano Jane Rhodes (1929) and baritone William B Murray (1935).

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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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