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.
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Born on this day in 1912 actress Maria Montez.
Happy 55th birthday soprano Sandrine Piau.
Happy 54th birthday mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli.
Happy 55th birthday baritone Peter Mattei.
Happy 75th birthday mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade.
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Born on this day in 1931 mezzo-soprano/soprano Shirley Verrett.
Born on this day in 1925 baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and in 1943 soprano Elena Suliotis.
Born on this day in 1911 actor and bon vivant Vincent Price.
Happy 82nd birthday soprano Teresa Stratas.
Born on this day in 1929 soprano and administrator Beverly Sills.
On this day in 1966 Jerry Herman‘s Mame opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, to run 1,508 performances.
Happy 87th birthday Dame Joan Collins!
Born on this day in 1813 composer Richard Wagner.
On this day in 1978 tenor Rockwell Blake made his Met debut on tour in Minneapolis as Don Ottavio.
Born on this day in 1861 soprano Nellie Melba.
Born on this day in 1918 soprano Birgit Nilsson.
On this day in 1889 Massenet’s Esclarmonde premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1925 soprano Patrice Munsel.
On this day in 1988 the musical Carrie opened on Broadway, to run five performances.
“Met’s Roller Coaster Season Dips Back Into Artistic Basement with Walküre“
On this day in 1958 Alfred Hitchcock‘s Vertigo premiered at the Stage Door Theater in San Francisco.
