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 1883 the Metropolitan Opera presented its very first traviata.
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In 1961 soprano Phyllis Curtin makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Fiordiligi
On this night in 1924 Tullio Serafin made his Met debut conducting Elisabeth Rethberg and Giovanni Martinelli in Aida.
On this day in 2005 mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato made her Met debut as Cherubino
Born on this day in 1923 soprano Victoria de los Angeles
On this day in 1944 the Aaron Copland/Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring had its premiere in Washington DC.
On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. Ingrid Bjoner debuts as Elsa.
On this day in 1958 Met opening night Tosca with Tebaldi, del Monaco and George London. (from two years earlier. . . )
On this day in 1959 mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Galina Vishnevskaya
On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.
On this day in 2013 the Metropolitan Opera presented Nico Muhly‘s Two Boys for the first time
On this day in 2014 Metropolitan Opera premiered John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer. Protests break out during the performance.
On this day in 1994 baritone Bryn Terfel made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Figaro.
On this day in 1974 Benjamin Britten‘s Death in Venice had its American Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.
On this day in 1991 soprano Deborah Voigt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amelia.
Born on this day in 1962 baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky
On this day in 1976 soprano Hildegard Behrens made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Giorgetta!
On this day in 1964 Metropolitan Opera’s Opening Night was the then-new Nathaniel Merrill production of Aida.
On this day in 1965 soprano Renata Scotto made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cio-Cio San
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