It is the strain I heard within my soul
On this day in 1910, Frederick S. Converse‘s The Pipe of Desire premiered at the Met, the first opera by an American composer to be performed by that company.
On this day in 1910, Frederick S. Converse‘s The Pipe of Desire premiered at the Met, the first opera by an American composer to be performed by that company.
(This clip is from a later Converse tone poem, “Flivver Ten Million”)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbpc_a5KJxE
Born on this day in 1844 composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwY8VUHcwMs
Born on this day in 1882 composer Gian Francesco Malipiero.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59wbt8Z7Xso
Born on this day in 1900 soprano Ofelia Nieto.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhTlgkuS9eI
Happy 87th birthday bass John Macurdy.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPX5GYrALM
Born on this day in 1933 bass Jules Bastin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqmBnsAlts
Happy 66th birthday conductor James Conlon.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txc4LipqS0U
Happy 47th birthday Scott Levine.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT_b_MWrJQU
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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