The Finnish line
On this day in 1990 soprano Karita Mattila made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5eLEiUOi4?t=1376
Born on this day in 1930 composer Stephen Sondheim.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAnVUnLb5k
Happy 75th birthday composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-hmaltmxs
On this day in 1962 Harold Rome’s musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dHtG35fUXU
Born on this day in 1912 soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl.
httpvh://youtu.be/33fgKp4Sd3s
Birthday anniversaries of soprano Edith Mason (1893) and bass-baritone Günter von Kannen (1940)
Photo: Winnie Klotz/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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Topics: karita mattila, On This Day
