Questo e Quello

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge

Born on this day in 1885 composer Alban Berg.

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Born on this day in 1885 composer Alban Berg. 
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On this day in 1893 Verdi’s Falstaff premiered in Milan.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2zJMN4uEo

Born on this day in 1928 bass-baritone Franz Crass.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4tJPYY9tkc

Born on this day in 1937 soprano Hildegard Behrens.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088VFU08K9c

Happy 77th birthday baritone Wolfgang Schöne.
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Happy 74th birthday tenor Ryland Davies.
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Born on this day in 1953 soprano Kaaren Erickson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQJkCwNKH_M

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