Things will be great when you’re downtown
On this day in 1918 soprano Rosa Ponselle made her Metropolitan Opera debut, and her first appearance in opera, as Leonora
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-kYkReOW4g
On this day in 1845 William Vincent Wallace‘s opera Maritana premiered in London
On this day in 1903 Eugene d’Albert‘s opera Tiefland premiered in Prague
Happy 92nd birthday Petula Clark!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSXCaeINyk
Happy 82nd birthday conductor Daniel Barenboim
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgrFsGEf12w
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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