On this day in 1302 Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence, where he served as one of six priors governing the city.

Born on this day in 1756 composer and musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Born on this day in 1823 composer Edouard Lalo
Born on this day in 1885 composer Jerome Kern
Born on this day in 1890 baritone Hans Duhan singing the music of fellow birthday boy
Born on this day in 1895 conductor Joseph Rosenstock
Born on this day in 1936 soprano Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Happy 67th birthday dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov
Also happy 67th to pianist Jean-Philippe Collard (also performing the birthday man’s music)

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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