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.
On this day in 1989 soprano Sumi Jo made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Gilda
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Born on this day in 1908 conductor and director Herbert von Karajan
On this day in 1975 soprano Magda Olivero made her historic, belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Tosca
On this day in 1977 tenor Guy Chauvet made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Samson
On this day in 1999 the Metropolitan Opera main stage premiere of Floyd‘s Susannah.
On this day in 1970 tenor Nico Castel made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Don Basilo in Le nozze di Figaro
On this day in 1879 Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin premiered in Moscow
Happy 55th birthday mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona
On this day in 1964 the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical Funny Girl opened on Broadway
On this day in 1920 the first performance of Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin at the Met
On this day in 1977 soprano Ileana Cotrubas made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì
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On this day in 2008 soprano Angela Meade made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Elvira in Ernani
On this day in 1977 Alban Berg‘s Lulu premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in the as-yet incomplete 2 act version.
On this day in 1951 soprano Victoria de los Ángeles made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Marguerite
On this day in 1991 soprano Renée Fleming made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Countess Almaviva
On this day in 1885 W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London
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