Questo e Quello

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On this day in 1498 Michelangelo was commissioned to carve the Pietà.

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On this day in 1498 Michelangelo was commissioned to carve the Pietà.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwhzBWjX43E

Born on this day in 1913 tenor Gino Sinimberghi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRAqM8XfdIM

Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7O7Evb8NSc

Born on this day in 1923 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht12m2Uua6o

Happy 76th birthday mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVl3WcENaCo

… and conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my0Pc7PCGTU

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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