A woman’s prerogative
On this day in 1946 Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer‘s musical St. Louis Woman opened at Martin Beck Theater.
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On this day in 1970 tenor Nico Castel made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro.
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Birthday anniversaries of poet Paul Verlaine (1844) and baritone John Heddle Nash (1926).
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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