That is really a noise!
On this day in 1926 the US Premiere and first Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini‘s Turandot.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0er-tZOBYM
Maria Jeritza, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, and Tullio Serafin are at the helm.
On this day in 1908 conductor Arturo Toscanini made his Metropolitan Opera debut
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMbwAjCBrmQ
On this day in 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s The Sound of Music opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQaammaoMxU
On this day in 1981 Stephen Sondheim‘s Merrily We Roll Along opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhvb2uHLoXA
Birthday anniversaries of composers Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829) and Paul Hindemith (1895), baritone Lawrence Tibbett (1896), conductor Richard Kraus (1902), and soprano Maralin Niska Dice (1926)
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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