A noi duce fa l’amor
On this night in 1924 Tullio Serafin made his Met debut conducting Elisabeth Rethberg and Giovanni Martinelli in Aida.
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From The New York Times, October 12, 1924:
“The new maestro, who will conduct the opening performance of Aïda on November 3, has had a distinguished career in Europe and for five seasons was the musical director of La Scala in Milan, in one of which the management was entirely in his hands.
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“The new conductor is an ardent supporter of Premier Mussolini and said that the report circulated about his intention to resign was absolutely without foundation.”
Born on this day in 1801 composer Vincenzo Bellini
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Broadway Premieres:
In 1927 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s A Connecticut Yankee
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In 1960 Meredith Willson‘s The Unsinkable Molly Brown
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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