On this day in 1180 died Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration. The Byzantine Empire slipped into terminal decline. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundownBorn on this day in 1598 librettist Giovanni Francesco BusenelloBorn on this day in 1868 composer Tomás López TorregrosaBorn on this day in 1891 contralto Karin BranzellBorn on this day in 1893 composer Rafael MillánBorn on this day in 1907 soprano Lina Bruna RasaBorn on this day in 1910 tenor Helmut MelchertBorn on this day in 1915 conductor Ettore GracisBorn on this day in 1922 baritone Cornell MacNeilAlso born on this day in 1922 baritone Ettore BastianiniBorn on this day in 1927 tenor Alfredo KrausBorn on this day in 1938 baritone Pablo Elvira
Empire waste
On this day in 1180, Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, died, and the Byzantine Empire slipped into terminal decline.
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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.
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