Helen is always willing
On this day in 2007 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Die Ägyptische Helena.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6d6XjWPIc8
Broadway premieres:
On this day in 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIB9cGlLkm0
On this day in 1956 Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMNPD0MZD2I
On this day in 1962 Richard Rodgers‘ No Strings.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPZYQ1XpUU
Birthday anniversaries of composer Nicola Vaccai (1790), sopranos Rose Pauly (1894) and Antonietta Stella (1929), tenors Kurt Baum (1900) and Mirto Picchi (1915).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SujQknGb3S4
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
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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