“Eurotrash” *
Born on this day in 1932 director and designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Born on this day in 1932 director and designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM7_pdKtizI
Born on this day in 1743 composer Luigi Boccherini.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1AdH6_KCdM
Born on this day in 1843 soprano Adelina Patti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2LY6YLHn7U
Born on this day in 1897 baritone (and Brigitte’s father) Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQpK8FAdG0
On this day in 1914 Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Turin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PCuH3hShP4
Happy 78th birthday tenor Vladimir Atlantov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDvLIhYdpEo
Happy 74th birthday mezzo-soprano Stefania Toczyska.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd-5qh5O0dg
Happy birthday to superfan Fotis Caragiannopoulos.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41NTaw4sMFE
* “Welcome as it may be to find Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s infamous 1975 Eurotrash production of the work, presented as The Steersman’s Dream, (which held the War Memorial stage for three of the company’s five presentations of the piece) banished, presumably forever…” San Francisco Chronicle.
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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