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Happy 51st birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.
Happy 51st birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb3m90nl-E
On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigenia in Aulis premiered in Paris.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XlTToGP-g
Born on this day in 1892 composer Germaine Tailleferre.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTU3d9ugQK4
Born on this day in 1892 tenor Walter Widdop.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Ka60FRTOs
Born on this day in 1908 conductor Joseph Keilberth.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WBssalEqH4
Happy 92nd birthday mezzo-soprano Hertha Topper.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8Dfl1cZtQ
Happy 80th birthday conductor Bernhard Klee.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pdJWdcPaE
Happy 78th birthday tenor Kenneth Riegel.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSX6EApAk0
On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-prii18M0I
Happy 50th birthday soprano Veronique Gens.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4XeX3rgU9U
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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