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 1977 Alban Berg‘s Lulu premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in the as-yet incomplete 2 act version.
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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
On this day in 1857 Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra premiered in Venice
On this day in 1985 Giuseppe Sinopoli made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Tosca
Born on this day in 1910 composer Samuel Barber
On this day in 1976 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Octavian
On this day in 1959 Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck had its Metropolitan Opera premiere (in English)
On this day in 1875 Bizet‘s Carmen has its disastrous premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris
On this day in 1989 Ken Ludwig‘s play Lend Me A Tenor opened on Broadway
On this day in 1836 Meyerbeer‘s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris
On this day in 1910 prima ballerina Anna Pavlova made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Coppélia (on a double bill with Werther!)
Born on this day in 1802 author and playwright Victor Hugo
On this day in 1948 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano made his Metropolitan Opera debut at the Duke of Mantua
