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 1926 Puccini’s opera Turandot premiered in Milan.
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Happy 75th birthday Barbra Joan Streisand.
Born on this day (assumed) in 1564 playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
Happy 82nd birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.
Happy 68th birthday Broadway diva Patti LuPone.
On this day in 1935 Your Hit Parade began broadcasting.
On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigénie en Aulide premiered in Paris.
Happy 69th birthday soprano Catherine Malfitano.
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Marie Collier.
On this day in 1738 Handel’s Serse premiered in London.
Happy 59th birthday soprano Aprile Millo.
Born on this day in 1906 playwright Samuel Beckett.
On this day in 1967 the musical Illya Darling starring Melina Mercouri opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
Born on this day in 1903 playwright, politician, diplomat, and advisor to Presidents Clare Boothe Luce.
On this day in 1928, the melodrama Diamond Lil, written by and starring Mae West, opened at the Royale Theater, to run 176 performances.
On this day in 1876 Ponchielli’s La Gioconda premiered in Milan.
Born on this day in 1897 newscaster/columnist Walter Winchell.
Born on this day in 1928 model, actress and singer Joi Lansing.
Happy 87th birthday soprano Mary Costa.
On this day in 1859 Meyerbeer’s Dinorah premiered in Paris.
On this day in 1968, Stanley Kubrick‘s classic science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington D.C.
Born on this day in 1868 playwright Edmond Rostand.
On this day in 1889 the Eiffel Tower officially opened in Paris.
On this day in 1966 Barbra Streisand starred on the Color Me Barbra special on CBS.
