Happy 51st birthday soprano Natalie Dessay. On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigenia in Aulis premiered in Paris.Born on this day in 1892 composer Germaine Tailleferre.Born on this day in 1892 tenor Walter Widdop.Born on this day in 1908 conductor Joseph Keilberth.Happy 92nd birthday mezzo-soprano Hertha Topper.Happy 80th birthday conductor Bernhard Klee.Happy 78th birthday tenor Kenneth Riegel.On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway.Happy 50th birthday soprano Veronique Gens.
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Happy 51st birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.
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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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