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On this day in 1838 Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris.
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“Great day in the morning!”
Born on this day in 1899 character actor Neil Hamilton.
We all go a little mad sometimes
On this day in 1960 Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho was released nationwide.
Ricordo d’amor
Happy 58th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
Bold
Happy 86h birthday to actress, comedian and singer Jo Anne Worley.
Se non è vero, è ben ‘Trovatore’
Chris’s Cache offers up a quintet of intriguing “forgotten” Leonora-Azucena pairings from the 1970s.
Blonde Venus
Happy 63rd birthday to soprano Karita Mattila.
Start all over again
On this day in 1936, RKO Radio Pictures released Swing Time.
They just like to kick it around
Born on this day in 1932 actress and singer Eileen Brennan.
Tannhäuser
From the China National Centre for the Performing Arts.
End of an era
The passing of Renata Scotto is perhaps the most significant and surely the saddest opera news story of 2023.
Just another run-of-the-mill Wednesday
On this day in 1954 Paramount Pictures released Rear Window.
I am a merchant mandarin
On this day in 1916 Oscar Asche‘s musical Chu Chin Chow premiered in London.
Dainty… ain’t he?
Born on this day in 1898 actress and singer Shirley Booth.
“My little Welsh brain just went boom”
A Welsh opera singer has said the art must have more LGBTQ+ representation if it is to survive.
“You must train your intuition”
Born on this day in 1915 actress Ingrid Bergman.
Bonisolli: the early years
Franco Bonisolli from age 28 to 33 in complete operas by Mozart, Cimarosa, Donizetti and Massenet.
Into your arms I’ll fly
On this day in 1953 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein‘s musical Me and Juliet opened at the Majestic Theatre, to run 358 performances.
Wind’s in the east, mist coming in
On this day in 1964 Walt Disney‘s musical film Mary Poppins premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Elsa Dreisig and Aigul Akhmetshina star in a performance recorded at the Salzburg Festival August 19.
A new step every day
On this day in 1951 the musical film An American in Paris premiered in London.