It always hits the spot
On this day in 1962 Liza Minnelli made her off-Broadway debut in the musical Best Foot Forward.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-IAzoi7HGM
On this day in 1977 tenor Guy Chauvet made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Samson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5UPIR5HAkk
Short-lived Metropolitan Opera careers:
On this day Metropolitan opera debuts of:
- soprano Radmila Bakocevic as Cio Cio San (1968) (8 performances)
- soprano Arlene Saunders as Eva (3 performances, only role)
- tenor Jean Cox as Walther (8 performances, only role)
- Gunther Leib as Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger (1976) (6 performances, only role)
Birthday anniversaries of writer and librettist Hans Christian Andersen (1805). novelist Emile Zola (1840),
baritone George Cehanovsky and bass-baritone Rudolf Bockelmann (both in 1892), conductor Kurt Herbert Adler (1905), tenors Alain Vanzo and Fritz Uhl (both in 1928).
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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