On This Day

If I were a bell

On this day in 1974 Verdi‘s I Vespri Siciliani had its first Metropolitan Opera performance.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUU5f9TK350

Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Gedda, Sherrill Milnes, and Justino Diaz are conducted by James Levine

Birthday anniversaries of librettist Felice Romani (1788),
composer Franz Schubert (1797),
tenor Mario Lanza and performer Carol Channing (both 1921)

Happy 87th birthdays administrator Speight Jenkins and composer Phillip Glass

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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