“Ah, the sextet from Lucia!”
On this day in 1835 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premiered in Naples.
On this day in 1835 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premiered in Naples.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-i026SPq3g
Born on this day in 1898 composer George Gershwin
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p40R1TtLJo
Born on this day in 1908 composer Eugen Suchon
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7D8fSQdVHk
Born on this day in 1930 tenor Fritz Wunderlich
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0H0rD2L2E
Happy 68th birthday baritone Dale Duesing
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPdwwvr0qo
Happy 66th birthday soprano Deborah Polaski
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ0gwH7R1_E
Happy 65th birthday tenor Gary Lakes
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWBAWJ0IPy0
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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