Verse l’ivresse et l’oubli dans mon coeur!
Born on this day in 1825 librettist and playwright Jules Barbier.
Born on this day in 1825 librettist and playwright Jules Barbier.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_PLBkT82s
Born on this day in 1875 composer Franco Alfano.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaS5Wd–6Cs
Born on this day in 1914 tenor Franz Klarwein.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GG0UpZayvA
Born on this day in 1933 director Luca Ronconi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93r9WA2Z0Y8
Happy 78th birthday tenor Horst Laubenthal.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOsjK27mx3k
Born on this day in 1939 tenor Robert Tear.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq2fccUDPh8
Happy 56th birthday tenor Mark Padmore.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoC7c_XxLEc
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.
