The plans were on display
On this day in 1978 the first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
On this day in 1978 the first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFg6Y7zbRg4
Born on this day in 1825 librettist and playwright Jules Barbier
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_PLBkT82s
Born on this day in 1875 composer Franco Alfano
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaS5Wd–6Cs
Born on this day in 1914 tenor Franz Klarwein
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GG0UpZayvA
Born on this day in 1933 director Luca Ronconi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93r9WA2Z0Y8
Happy 76th birthday tenor Horst Laubenthal
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOsjK27mx3k
Born on this day in 1939 tenor Robert Tear
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq2fccUDPh8
Happy 73rd birthday mezzo-soprano/contralto Patricia Payne
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmwb8y9ERSM
Happy 54th birthday tenor Mark Padmore
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOuXU0HVR4
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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