Our dancing daughter
Born on this day in 1910 actress Anita Page.
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Quel jour radieux!
On this day in 1829 Gioachino Rossini‘s Guillaume Tell premiered at Salle Le Peletier in Paris.
Debutante
On this day in 1947 soprano Maria Callas made her Italian opera debut in La Gioconda at the Arena di Verona.
Double intensity
Birthday boy Windycityoperaman‘s always spellbinding On This Day postings dominated the pageviews in July.
“Dressing is a way of life”
Born on this day in 1936 designer Yves Saint-Laurent.
Empty chairs
The fourth production of Santa Fe Opera’s 66th Festival Season that opened on Saturday June 22 offered a multitude of firsts.
“My name is my precious possession”
Born on this day in 1939 actress France Nuyen.
“You’re supposed to remember, and still forgive”
Happy 67th birthday to actress Delta Burke.
Elixir in the wine country
At the northern tip of Seneca, longest and deepest of New York State’s Finger Lakes, sits the pretty little town of Geneva.
Women on the Virgil of a nervous breakdown
Anticipating John Eliot Gardiner’s epic tour next month, Chris’s Cache savors several versions of Berlioz’s Les Troyens.
An honest but poor chorus girl
On this day in 1920 the musical comedy Poor Little Ritz Girl opened on Broadway with a score shared between Sigmund Romberg and Richard Rodgers.
Rabbit test
On this day in 1940 Bugs Bunny made his film debut in A Wild Hare.
Lamb chops
Born on this day in 1895 actress and comedienne Gracie Allen.
The king of queens
In the case of this summer’s resuscitation project at the Bard Summerscape Festival, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Henri VIII , it was quite evident that this is a dramatically sound work with consistently well-crafted, theatrically vital and attractive music that provides at least three roles for gifted singing actors.
It’s a game of give and take
On this day in 1966 The Supremes released “You Can’t Hurry Love.”
It takes a fairy to make something pretty
Teatro Nuovo took a spirited journey of rediscovery into the valley of forgotten operas and resurrected Federico and Luigi Ricci’s 1850 opera buffa Crispino e la Comare last Thursday at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center.