Fish are friends, not food

On this day in 1993 Dvorak‘s Rusalka finally appears at the Met. Gabriela Benacková does the honors.

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On this day in 1725 Handel‘s Tamerlano premiered in London

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On this day in 1862 Verdi‘s La forza del destino premiered in St Petersburg

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpddNUIYgaU

Born on this day in 1883 conductor Ernest Ansermet (1883) and soprano Gertrude Grob-Prandl (1917)

Happy 81st birthday soprano Britt-Marie Aruhn

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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