Happy 86th birthday soprano Roberta Peters. On this day in 1728 Handel’s Tolomeo premiered in London.Happy 85th birthday conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.On this day in 1976 the Leonard Bernstein–Alan Jay Lerner musica 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue premiered on Broadway, to run only seven performances.
Sweet bird of youth
Happy 86th birthday soprano Roberta Peters.
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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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