On This Day

An die Offnung zu kommen

Born on this day in 1929 conductor Bernard Haitink

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Only Metropolitan Opera appearances were six performances of Fidelio in 1982

On this day in 1830 Vincenzo Bellini‘s I Capuleti e i Montecchi premieres in Venice, and in 1913 Gabriel Fauré‘s Pénélope premieres in Paris

Birthday anniversary of composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678),
soprano Dora Labbette (1898),
and conductor Ferdinand Leitner (1912)

Happy 88th birthday composer Aribert Reimann
Happy 83rd birthday conductor Yury Simonov

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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