On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLWlJ2RZkTI
Born on this day in 1867 composer Umberto Giordano.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnyxVBrNNQ
Born on this day in 1894 conductor Karl Böhm.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhdB8_ioGZY
Born on this day in 1901 soprano Irene Jessner.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V807xSrkW6k
Born on this day in 1913 tenor Richard Tucker.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_k-11cdRk
Born on this day in 1924 conductor Berislav Klobucar.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8d8r35RzIs
Born on this day in 1927 baritone Nicolae Herlea.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnC-fpeO9Os
Born on this day in 1929 conductor István Kertész.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBzLdGHTMk
Born on this day in 1931 bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84H7k5L6lE
Happy 85th birthday opera director Tito Capobianco.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSh7ZZX9o2c
Born on this day in 1931 soprano Cristina Deutekom.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bs-gERYKSI
Happy 75th birthday bass Paul Plishka.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ7zN81DYPs
Happy 71st (69th?) birthday conductor Gustav Kuhn.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GyeFBZozg
Born on this day in 1948 mezzo-soprano Lucia Valentini-Terrani.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wof1sGn66Bo
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