Die Göttin dieser Insel
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Leonie Rysanek.
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Leonie Rysanek.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4r9t7YY4tw
Born on this date in 1774 composer Gaspare Spontini
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFI0f-ieYI
Born on this day in 1896 tenor Kálmán Pataky
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCdIqgWFdk
Born on this day in 1900 composer Aaron Copland
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUczz6dSZ8
Born on this day in 1914 opera librettist Eric Crozier
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61BI1XT4NiU
Born on this day in 1918 contralto Jean Madeira
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxEap97qkg
Born on this day in 1919 soprano Lisa Otto
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jl7P3OZXc
Happy 68th birthday baritone Jake Gardner
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcXS_KF1QQ
In celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the legendary Rysanek, our friends at Opera Depot are slashing 55% off her live recordings, as well as offering as a free download of a 1953 performance of Tosca.
Photo (Rysanek as Ariadne): Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera
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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