Namesake
On this day in 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli‘s opera La Gioconda [from which our doyenne derived her nom de plume] premiered in Milan.
On this day in 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli‘s opera La Gioconda [from which our doyenne derived her nom de plume] premiered in Milan.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deg0eqXf18E
Born on this day in 1889 conductor Adrian Boult
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il658EuKEiQ&spfreload=1
Born on this day in 1902 conductor Josef Krips
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCKDxc0ws80
Born on this day in 1906 tenor Raoul Jobin
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv08RvPEknw
Born on this day in 1910 tenor Paul Kuen
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdl80rcYRk
Born on this day in 1921 tenor Franco Corelli
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlcVohCGSE
Born on this day in 1929 bass-baritone Walter Berry
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmsrhCxorVo
Born on this day in 1930 baritone John Reardon
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YIgTW8rFU
Born on this day in 1947 tenor Walter Raffeiner
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuXnpzyjPYM
Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano Bruna Baglioni
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXbrLGNt1uo
Born on this day in 1949 soprano Sabine Hass
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2tcx0q0xFk
Happy 62nd birthday mezzo-soprano Diana Montague
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiPypz_la68
Happy 58th birthday baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuIa8V874u0
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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Topics: On This Day
