C’était à Mégara, faubourg de Carthage
On this day in 1862 Gustave Flaubert completed Salammbô.
On this day in 1862 Gustave Flaubert completed Salammbô.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmSoDkXJ2aw
Born on this day in 1685 composer John Gay
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh57Wjqs-2A
Happy 57th birthday condcutor Esa-Pekka Salonen
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILkYMD8zuH8
Happy 55th birthday mezzo-soprano Magali Chalmeau-Damonte
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDiWyIhdkI
Also Happy 55th to baritone Andreas Schmidt
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzUTX9Ggtg
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.
-
Topics: On This Day
