Pfft!
On this day in 1809 Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
On this day in 1809 Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7-nbHD3lBg
Born on this day in 1770 composer Ludwig van Beethoven
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHqmIbo8sdI
Born on this day in 1775 composer Adrien Boieldieu (the father, not the son)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFaypFJhvo0
Born on this day in 1877 conductor Artur Bodanzky
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8qQio2CmM
Born on this day in 1882 composer Zoltán Kodály
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BLOHSCOjU
Born on this day in 1899 composer, playwright and actor Noel Coward
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOEDThsbN0A
Born on this day in 1926 tenor James McCracken
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3A2Zi5EvhE
Born on this day in 1929 tenor Donald Grobe
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZzMiqx6XU
Happy 83rd birthday composer Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzdHQkwo40
Born on this day in 1939 tenor Philip Langridge
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94cHKcq1RQ
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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