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.
n this day in 1970 the movie Myra Breckinridge premiered.
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Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse.
On this day in 1868 Richard Wagner‘s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered in Munich.
On this day in 1825 Gioacchino Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L’albergo del giglio d’oro premiered at the Théâtre Italien, Paris.
On this day in 1967 Barbra Streisand‘s A Happening in Central Park, uh, happened in New York.
On this day in 1961 premier danseur Rudolf Nurevey defected from the (then) Soviet Union to the west via Paris.
On this day in 1855 Verdi’s Les vêpres siciliennes premiered in Paris.
Happy Birthday, happy birthday, New York, New York!
On this day in 1922 singer, actress and vaudevillian Judy Garland was born.
Born on this day in 1934 film personality Donald Duck..
On this day in 1786 commercially made ice cream was first advertised in the United States.
Today the world of opera mourns the death of soprano and pedagogue Phyllis Curtin, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94.
On this day in 1876 bananas were introduced to the United States at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Born on this day in 1920 mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri.
On this day in 1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind.
Happy 79th birthday actress Sally Kellerman.
On this day in 1971 Ed Sullivan broadcast his final TV show on CBS.
On this day in 1979 the musical I Remember Mama opened at the Majestic Theater, to run 108 performances.
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