Les pauvres gens peuvent-ils être heureux?
On this day in 1900, Gustave Charpentier’s opera Louise premiered in Paris.
On this day in 1900, Gustave Charpentier’s opera Louise premiered in Paris.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovseIBBOei8
Born on this day in 1875 composer Joaquín Valverde
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1lIFz36pZk
Born on this day in 1901 tenor Torsten Ralf
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Ar4BFQUD0
Born on this day in 1904 tenor James Melton
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_rwP584rzI
Born on this day in 1905 composer Michael Tippett
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_eHamyJ9lg
Happy 87th birthday conductor and musicologist Alberto Zedda
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6cs1FQEFUs
WindyCityOperaman
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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