On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera presented its very first traviata.
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Marcella Sembrich is Violetta
On this day in 1958 Gian Carlo Menotti‘s elusive opera Maria Golovin premiered on Broadway for five performances
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd3aDvnj_a4
Birthday anniversaries of mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejic (1923)
composer Nicholas Maw (1935)
and tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson (1940)
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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