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On this day in 1825 Gioacchino Rossini‘s Il viaggio a Reims premiered.

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On this day in 1825 Gioacchino Rossini‘s Il viaggio a Reims premiered.  

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htMn4OTog7g

Born on this day in 1842 composer Carl Zeller
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cZmQBf2kVQ

Born on this day in 1854 composer Alfredo Catalani
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHlcxo2QEXI

Born on this day in 1913 soprano Mária Gyurkovics
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4aIXkwVnOY

Born on this day in 1924 soprano Anneliese Rothenberger
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KV5yoSzJF8

Happy 79th birthday soprano Marisa Galvany
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-VqVnWtz4

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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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