On this day in 1859 Meyerbeer’s Dinorah premiered in Paris
Birthday anniversaries of conductor Pierre Monteux (1875),
tenors Isidoro Fagoaga (1895) and Sven Olof Eliasson (1933)
Happy 78th birthday baritone Sergei Leiferkus
Happy 67th birthday baritone/tenor J Patrick Raftery
On this day in 1964 Stephen Sondheim’s Anyone Can Whistle premiered on Broadway and closed after 9 performances
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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