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 1970 the musical Coco closed at the Mark Hellinger Theater after 333 performances.
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Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28
Geneva Light Opera’s production of Lehar’s The Merry Widow will feature prize-winning baritone Bryan Murray and soprano Alexis Olinyk in the superb acoustics of in the landmark Smith Opera House in Geneva, New York on July 25, 27, and 28. A small city on the north end of the largest of NY’s Finger Lakes, Geneva…
Happy 77th birthday critic and interviewer Rex Reed.
On this day in 1907 the Plaza Hotel opened.
On this day in 1908 Maurice Maeterlinck‘s L’Oiseau bleu premiered at Constantin Stanislavski‘s Moscow Art Theatre.
Oh this day in 1954 A Star is Born starring Judy Garland and James Mason premiered at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood.
On this day in 1945 Mildred Price starring Joan Crawford premiered at New York City’s Strand Theater.
Born on this day in 1898 composer Vincent Youmans
On this day in 1835 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premiered in Naples.
Born on this day in 1929 newscaster Barbara Walters.
On this day in 1930 Noel Coward‘s play Private Lives premiered in London.
Born on this day in 480 BC playwright Euripides.
On this day in 1964 Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Imperial Theater in New York City, to run for 3,242 performances.
On this day in 1948 Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle premiered on NBC.
On this day in 1833 Charles Darwin rode a horse to Buenos Aires.
On this day in 1928 Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in Steamboat Willie, a film that will enter the public domain on January 1, 2024.
On this day in 1809 the second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (designed by Robert Smirke) opened with a performance of Macbeth followed by a musical entertainment called The Quaker.
On this day in 1964 Bewitched premiered on ABC.
On this day in 1977, Maria Callas left this world. Do you remember where you were?
Happy 69th birthday actress Carmen Maura.
On this day in 1985 The Golden Girls, starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, debuted on NBC.
On this day in 1963 The Outer Limits premiered on ABC TV.
On this day in 490 BC Athenians and their Plataean allies defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece at the Battle of Marathon.
On this day in 1850, the “Swedish Nightingale,” Jenny Lind, gave her first United States concert.
On this day in 1863 Georges Bizet’s opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles premiered in Paris.
