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Born on this day in 1759 poet and dramatist Friedrich von Schiller
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On this day in 1994 Shostakovich‘s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk finally bows at the Met. Maria Ewing was Katerina.
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Birthday anniversaries: Composers Francois Couperin (1668) and Henri Rabaud (1873), singer Jane Froman (1907), composer Ennio Morricone and composer/lyricist Marilyn Bergman (both 1928), and tenor Graham Clark (1941)
On this day in 1970 the Richard Rodgers-Martin Charnin musical Two by Two opened on Broadway
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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