On This Day

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Born on this day in 1801 composer Vincenzo Bellini

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On this night in 1924 Tullio Serafin made his Met debut conducting Aida. Rethberg and Martinelli in the cast.

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Broadway Premieres:

In 1927 Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart‘s A Connecticut Yankee

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In 1960 Meredith Willson‘s The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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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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