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 1918 Puccini’s Il Trittico premiered at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Happy 90th birthday actress Genevieve Page.
>Happy 60th birthday playwright, actor, film director and (sort of) opera director Robert Lepage.
On this day in 1960 the Cy Coleman musical Wildcat (Lucille Ball‘s only Broadway show) opened at the Alvin Theatre, to run 141 performances.
Born on this day in 1914 actress and singer Dorothy Lamour.
Born on this day in 1897 actress Hermione Gingold.
On this day in 1949 the Jule Styne musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened on Broadway.
Born on this day in 1863 composer Pietro Mascagni.
On this day in 1966 the Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones two-character musical I Do! I Do! opened at the 46th Street Theatre, to run 560 performances
Born on this day in 1921 actress and singer Deanna Durbin.
On this day in 1953 the Wright-Forrest-Borodin musical Kismet opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, to run 583 performances.
On this day in 1968 the Burt Bacharach / Hal David / Neil Simon musical Promises Promises opened on at the Shubert Theatre, to run 1,281 performances.
On this day in 1990 Lella Cuberli made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the title role of Semiramide.
Born on this day in 1797 composer Gaetano Donizetti.
Born on this day in 1923 actress Gloria Grahame.
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Happy 63rd birthday cartoonist Roz Chast.
Born on this day in 1896 composer Virgil Thomson.
Born on this day in 1848 soprano Lilli Lehmann.
Happy Thanksgiving USA Parterrians from La Cieca (pictured, left.)
On this day in 1898 Pietro Mascagni’s Iris premiered in Rome.
Born on this day in 1694 writer and philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet (known as Voltaire.)
On this day in 1808 Beethoven’s Fidelio premiered in Vienna.
