Brillez toujours
On this day in 1879 Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin premiered in Moscow
On this day in 1982 conductor Bernard Haitink made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Fidelio. Six performances and that was all.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOigl2NLCs4
On this day in 1792 King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYooC2HqJ0U
Birthday anniversaries of baritone Robert Burg (1890)
composers William Walton (1902) and Richard Rodney Bennett (1936)
and soprano Gloria Davy (1931)
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
