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On this day in 1920 the Metropolitan Opera presented the company’s first performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
On this day in 1922 the Met introduced Così fan tutte to its repertoire.On this day in 2011 the first Metropolitan Opera performance of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory.Birthday anniversaries of soprano Maria Malibran (1808). bass Fritz Ollendorf (1912) sopranos Luisa Bosabalian (1936) and Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932) and director and designer Herbert Wernicke (1946).
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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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