Under the mistletoe
On this day in 1956 La Divina made her Met debut as Norma
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea2eFjn4FoU
Sound from a year earlier in Milano…
On this day in 1787 Mozart‘s Don Giovanni premiered in Prague
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INF9r5jju0A
Born on this day in 1926 tenor Jon Vickers
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWT0jsCbl28
Birthday anniversaries of conductor Vaclav Neumann (1920), tenor Franco Tagliavini (1934), and baritone Gerd Feldhoff (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
