On This Day

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On this day in 1970 tenor Nico Castel made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Don Basilo in Le nozze di Figaro

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793 Met performances ending in 1997.

Birthday anniversaries of poet Paul Verlaine (1844) and baritone John Heddle Nash (1926)

Happy 83rd birthday soprano Laila Andersson-Palme

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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