The tide of infamy was stemmed
On this day in 490 BC Athenians and their Plataean allies defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece at the Battle of Marathon.
On this day in 490 BC Athenians and their Plataean allies defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece at the Battle of Marathon.
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Born on this day in 1801 composer and pedagogue Giuseppe Concone
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzIzG6n_7M
Born on this day in 1890 composer Guido Guerrini
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WPDn3_2r6M
Born on this day in 1906 composer Dmitry Shostakovich
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7CyAHk1Nfw
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGCm_-J1hc
Happy 70th birthday conductor John Mauceri
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGvUHvYB_0g
Happy 67th birthday tenor Luis Lima
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEPxnK6kxv8
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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