On This Day
“Stay close to the earth”
Born on this day in 1918 soprano Birgit Nilsson.
What comes naturally
On this day in 1946 Irving Berlin‘s Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 1,147 performances.
Éclatantes beautés!
On this day in 1889 Massenet’s Esclarmonde premiered in Paris.
Princess Pat
Born on this day in 1925 soprano Patrice Munsel.
Hey there, good times!
Born on this day in 1922 actress Bea Arthur.
“They’re all gonna laugh at you”
On this day in 1988 the musical Carrie opened on Broadway, to run five performances.
Eugene Onegin
Asmik Grigorian stars as Tatiana in this video from the Komische Oper Berlin, directed by Barrie Kosky.
A happy song
On this day in 1965 the Kander-Ebb musical Flora, the Red Menace opened at the Alvin Theatre to run 87 performances.
Bargain basement
“Met’s Roller Coaster Season Dips Back Into Artistic Basement with Walküre“
Scene d’amour
On this day in 1958 Alfred Hitchcock‘s Vertigo premiered at the Stage Door Theater in San Francisco.
Upper West Side Story
On this day in 2017 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.
Oh what a knight
On this day in 1948 the Metropolitan Opera presented Der Rosenkavalier in Northrup Memorial Auditorium in Minneapolis.
With an emphasis on the latter
On this day in 1955 the Richard Adler/Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees opened at the 46th Street Theatre, to run 1,019 performances.
You’ve got to come back a star!
Born on this day in 1930 soprano Roberta Peters.
“Never admit to anything to anybody”
Born on this day in 1906 actress and author Mary Astor.
“Dawn of a New Day”
On this day in 1939, the Metropolitan Opera launched a gala “New York World’s Fair Season.”
“I change the mood”
Born on this day in 1917 actress Danielle Darrieux.
Two on the Nile
On this day in 1928 Rosa Ponselle and Giovanni Martinelli graced the boards of Public Hall, Cleveland in a Met touring performance of Aida.
The other side
On this day in 1900 David Belasco‘s play Madame Butterfly opened at The Duke of York’s Theatre in London with Blanche Bates in the title role.
Lady’s choice
On this day in 1895 Lillian Nordica sang Leonora to Francesco Tamagno‘s Manrico in the tenor’s Met farewell.
I’ll laugh tomorrow
Happy 87th birthday to actress and comedian Carol Burnett.
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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