On this day in 1989 the Metropolitan Opera broadcast L’elisir d’amore.
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Maestro day.
Birthday anniversaries of conductors Sir Thomas Beecham (1879) and Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895).
Happy 87th birthday maestro Zubin Mehta.
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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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