Birthday anniversary of composer and voice teacher Heinrich Panofka (1807)
On this day in 1962 the Leslie Bricuse-Anthony Newley musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off opened on Broadway
Cosa umana non sono
On this day in 1968 soprano Marion Lippert made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Turandot. Six years later her Met farewell in the same role.
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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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