Pole of the audience
Happy 52nd birthday baritone Mariusz Kwiecien
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGKhjEOEuE
Met debuts: In 1961 soprano Phyllis Curtin debuts as Fiordiligi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QljCxJoZAdk
In 1976 tenor René Kollo bowed as Lohengrin
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1SgP9SWmUg
On this day in 1890 Borodin‘s Prince Igor premiered in St. Petersburg
Happy 78th birthday soprano Luciana Serra
Happy 68th birthday soprano Joan Rodgers
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
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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