On this day in 2014 Metropolitan Opera premiered John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer. Protests break out during the performance.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtnXSra0ZYQ
On this day in 1954 Mary Martin in Peter Pan flew on Broadway (score by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuHixDALrAg
Happy 92nd birthday contralto Lauris Elms
Happy 80th birthday dramatic soprano/mezzo-soprano Dunja Vejzovic
Happy 78th birthday composer Thomas Pasatieri
Happy 77th birthday tenor John Joseph Elwes
Happy 76th birthday baritone Wolfgang Brendel
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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