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 night in 1951 Giancarlo Menotti‘s Amahl and the Night Visitors premiered on television
On this day in 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck‘s Hansel und Gretel premiered in Weimar
Born on this day in 1858 composer Giacomo Puccini
On this day in 1921 Jerome Kern‘s Sally produced by Ziegfeld on Broadway
Happy 85th birthday composer John Harbison
On this date in 1991 the world premiere of John Corigliano‘s The Ghost of Versailles at the Met
Born on this day in 1920 soprano Rita Streich…
Georg Solti made his Met debut conducting Tannhäuser on this date in 1960.
Born on this day in 1770 composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Happy 89th birthday soprano Raina Kabaivanska
On this day in 1918 Puccini’s Il trittico had its world premiere at the Met
On this day in 1979 mezzo Agnes Baltsa made her Met debut as Octavian
Born on this day in 1915 singer and actor Frank Sinatra
Born on this day in 1803 composer Hector Berlioz
On this day in 1910 Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West had its world premiere at the Met.
On this day in 1901 Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Rome starring Eleonora Duse and Gustavo Salvini
On this day in 1849 Verdi’s Luisa Miller premiered in Naples
Born on this day in 1863 composer Pietro Mascagni
On this day in 1846 Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust premiered in Paris
Happy 77th birthday tenor José Carreras
On this day in 1993, the first issue of parterre box was published
