On This Day

Music tames the savage beast

On this day in 1964 the American premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Last Savage took place at the Metropolitan Opera.

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George London, Nicolai Gedda, Roberta Peters, and Teresa Stratas in the cast. Thomas Schippers conducting.

Birthday anniversaries of tenor Vladimir Rosing (1890),
soprano Teresa Zylis-Gara,
and bass Manfred Schenk (both in 1930).

Happy 84th birthday baritone Lajos Miller

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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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