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Born on this day in 1952 composer Kaija Saariaho
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfcwKBcOeXo
On this day in 1964 Metropolitan Opera’s Opening Night was the then new Nathaniel Merrill production of Aida. It stars Birgit Nilsson, Carlo Bergonzi, Irene Dalis, Mario Sereni, and Katherine Dunham‘s choreography.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K7JoHea9lY
On this day in 1961 Frank Loesser‘s musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opens on Broadway. It stars Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Rudy Vallee
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoJWzTasHE4
Birthday anniversaries of composers Heinrich Schütz (1585) and José Serrano (1873), composer and conductor Alexander Zemlinsky (1871), soprano Ellen Faull (1918), and tenor Enrico di Giuseppe (1932)
And happy birthday to longtime parterre box critic, contributor, and recording maven Chris Corwin!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3PpgafF3xQ
Photo: Nancy Lee Katz, Library of Congress
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
