Black and white tv
On this day in 1948 Verdi‘s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEwti_TWfk
Can’t find a kinescope, but this broadcast came a few days after
Happy 81st birthday baritone Philippe Huttenlocher
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsi9JLuH7s
Happy 77th birthday soprano Carole Farley
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkW0pioD_xk
Birthday anniversaries of composers Jean-Baptise Lully (1632)
and Gaetano Donizetti (1797)
tenors Erich Zimmermann (1892)
and John Brecknock (1937)
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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Topics: On This Day
