Welch Schauspiel! aber ach! ein Schauspiel nur!
On this day in 1829 Johann von Goethe‘s Faust, der Tragödie erster Teil received its premiere performance.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKfYAjKH6g
Born on this day in 1676 composer John Weldon
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2cUks1fGKg
Born on this day in 1809 writer Edgar Allan Poe
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7C69WdIP4k
Born on this day in 1884 conductor and composer Albert Wolff
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wBWi8DM7_Q
Born on this day in 1903 composer Boris Blacher
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CcL-6L7kuo
Born on this day in 1909 bass-baritone Hans Hotter
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4_9-4cW_o
Born on this day in 1920 composer Luciano Chailly
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwp6ATWuIU
Happy 60th birthday conductor Simon Rattle
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbPmED_Xwn0
Happy 58th birthday baritone Kurt Ollmann
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRNuVtkjuyU
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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