Born on this day in 1567 composer Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PheCZtGcc2M
Born on this day in 1808 composer Michael William Balfe.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM1hYqpRSI
Born on this day in 1843 librettist Georges Hartmann aka Henri Gremont.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9rZSkC0ks
On this day in 1881 Massenet’s Griselidis premiered at the Opera Comique.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFLaZR9Nohc
Born on this day in 1910 baritone Walter Cassel.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-SK4RO7Jvo
On this day in 1914 Rabaud’s opera Marouf premiered at the Opera Comique.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ozhj5bflM
Born on this day in 1939 bass Ulrik Cold.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG7DLcSc7PI
Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano Doris Soffel.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9UBA242CrQ
