On This Day

Agnes of God

Happy 80th birthday mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa

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On this day in 1962 soprano Regine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin. Mezzo Hertha Töpper debuts as Octavian and Lotte Lehmann is stage director.

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Birthday anniversary of playwright, librettist and stage director Giovacchino Forzano (1884)

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Footage from Forzano’s 1927 production of La figlia di Iorio

Birthday anniversary of conductor David Lloyd-Jones (1934)

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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