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 1948 Verdi‘s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera
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On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London
On this day in 1938 tenor Jussi Bjoerling made his Met debut as Rodolfo.
Born on this day in 1913 composer Benjamin Britten
On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bows at the Metropolitan Opera in Walkure.
On this day in 1907 bass Fyodor Chaliapin made his Met debut as Boito‘s Mefistofele
On this day in 1962 soprano Regine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin.
On this day in 1974 tenor Jose Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavardossi
On this day in 1968 the Kander-Ebb musical Zorba opened on Broadway
On this day in 1926 the US Premiere and first Metropolitan Opera performance of Puccini‘s Turandot
On this day in 1918 soprano Rosa Ponselle made her Metropolitan Opera debut and her first appearance in opera as Leonora
On this day in 1937 the National Broadcasting Company formed a full-sized symphony orchestra
On this day in 1994 Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk finally bows at the Met.
On this day in 1965 bass Nicolai Ghiaurov made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Méphistophélès
On this day in 1928 the American Premiere of Richard Strauss‘ Die ägyptische Helena at the Met.
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