Questo e Quello

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Born on this day in 1858 composer Giacomo Puccini.

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PucciniBorn on this day in 1858 composer Giacomo Puccini. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYAntNU-V8

Born on this day in 1883 composer Edgard Varèse.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN_5oUL_9xE

Born on this day in 1885 composer and critic Deems Taylor.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N8x3RxBgys

Born on this day in 1901 conductor Andre Kostelanetz.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovQgsve31o

Born on this day in 1903 mezzo-soprano Rosette Anday.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSd3BJqER1o

Born on this day in 1916 bass Fernando Corena.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqDES9KwWJg

Born on this day in 1921 composer Robert Kurka.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMSrzOYe0cQ

Happy 92nd birthday opera director and librettist Frank Corsaro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFnvkV-b1_Y

Happy 62nd birthday mezzo-soprano Jean Rigby.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzDivKgbo0

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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