Might as well jump
On this day in 1958 Met opening night Tosca with Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, and George London.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOYS9rrN7Y
(from two years earlier…)
Happy 86th birthday soprano Edda Moser
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWVmWuWWNMc
Born on this day in 1927 composer Dominick Argento and in 1929 mezzo-soprano Cora Canne-Meijer
Happy 83rd birthday countertenor Charles Brett
Happy 80th birthday tenor Stuart Kale
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
