Questo e Quello

Five oh!

You know what they all said: “At this rate, she’ll never make it to 50.”

By WindyCityOperaman

September 7, 2015

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You know what they all said: “At this rate, she’ll never make it to 50.” But they were wrong, weren’t they?

Happy 50th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu!

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3iFRaTwwj0

Born on this day in 1726 composer François-André Danican Philidor
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8NL–C4ocA

Born on this day in 1900 soprano Joan Cross
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXfjkecv0ko

Happy 75th birthday tenor Giuseppe Giacomini
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lugX9ny1XvA

Happy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Eirian James
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUBBR38lsTs

Happy 55th birthday tenor Uwe Heilmann
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWJO7bMSRc

And a very Happy Labor/Labour Day US and Canadian Paterrians!

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.