On This Day
There is for such a case no eligible absolute of the wrong
On this day in 1954 Britten’s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice.
“The forest creatures taught me how to sing”
Born on this day in 1922 “The Peruvian Songbird,” Yma Sumac.
Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis
On this day in 1910 the premiere performance of Gustav Mahler‘s Symphony No. 8 in Munich featured a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players.
Lovely hour
On this day in 1850 “Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind gave her first United States concert.
I’m nacred
On this day in 1868 Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles premiered in Paris.
Honky Tonk Angel
Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline.
He’s so Boulezian
Happy birthday critic and lecturer Mark Berry.
The white shoes
Happy Labor/Labour Day US and Canadian Paterrians!
Finale ultimo
On this day in 1967 the TV game show What’s My Line? broadcast its final episode, after a 17 year run on CBS.
Dancing lady
Happy 97th birthday dancer and choreographer Marge Champion.
A man of widespread fame
Born on this day in 1751 dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder.
Immobile
On this day in 1829 Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.
Not since Nebuchadnezzar’s hanging garden went to pot
Born on this day in 1922 soprano / mezzo-soprano / opera director Regina Resnik.
The carat or the stick
Happy 61st birthday avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter Diamanda Galás.
I’ve always felt like a kid
Happy 64th birthday actor, producer and comedian Paul Reubens, aka “Pee-wee Herman.”
Nous voulons explorer la bonté contrée énorme où tout se tait
Born on this day in 1880 poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
Technique is communication
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
I couldn’t kill a fly
Happy 86th or 87th birthday actress Vera Miles.
Infinite variety
Happy 62nd birthday playwright, actor and diseuse Charles Busch.
Life does not owe me a shred
Happy 77th birthday actress Valerie Harper.
I am not easily assimilated
On this day in 1986 the Charles Strouse / Stephen Schwartz / Teresa Stratas musical Rags opened on Broadway.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
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