The galley that is called Despair

On this day in 1914 Riccardo Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini premiered in Turin.

By WindyCityOperaman on February 19, 2015 at 9:53 AM

On this day in 1914 Riccardo Zandonai‘s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Turin.

Born on this day in 1743 composer Luigi Boccherini
Born on this day in 1897 baritone (and Brigitte’s father) Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder
Born on this day in 1932 director and designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Happy 76th birthday tenor Vladimir Atlantov
Happy 72nd birthday mezzo-soprano Stefania Toczyska

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