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 1965, The Sound of Music premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York City.
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Born on this day in 1917 songstress Dinah Shore.
On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris.
Happy 82nd birthday soprano Mirella Freni.
Born on this day in 1909 or thereabouts TV chef Fanny Cradock.
On this day in 1911 Victor Herbert‘s opera Natoma premiered in Philadelphia.
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Renata Scotto.
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Régine Crespin.
Born on this day in 1896 composer Nacio Herb Brown.
Born on this day in 1934 actress Rue McClanahan.
Born on this day in 1916 comedian Jackie Gleason.
Born on this day in 1932 director and designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Born on this day in 1922 author and editor Helen Gurley Brown.
Born on this day in 1909 soprano Marjorie Lawrence.
Happy 79th birthday composer John Corigliano.
On this day in 1939 Lillian Hellman‘s The Little Foxes opened at the National Theatre, to run 410 performances.
Happy 58th birthday soprano Renée Fleming.
Happy birthday mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
Happy birthday tenor Anthony Dean Griffey!
On this day in 1896 Oscar Wilde‘s Salomé premiered in Paris.
On this day in 1881 Jacques Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffman premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1885 composer Alban Berg.
Born on this day in actress 1920 (more or less) Lana Turner.
On this day in 1940 Walt Disney‘s film Pinocchio premiered at the Center Theater in New York City.
