On this night of a thousand stars
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera performed La Gioconda in Memphis, Tennessee.
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera performed La Gioconda in Memphis, Tennessee with a cast headed by Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Rosalind Elias, Cornell MacNeil, Bonaldo Giaiotti and Belén Amparan. The conductor was Fausto Cleva.
Born on this day in 1833 composer Johannes Brahms.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QI8Kj1t40
Born on this day in 1840 composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchiakovsky.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aURT4CCQdMc
Anniversary birthdays for three great Swedish singers:
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Elisabeth Söderström.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRvJtKFRLA
Born on this day in 1931 tenor Helge Brilioth.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_7_AWaXtho
Also born on this day in 1931 baritone Ingvar Wixell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULs5RoCEgM
Happy 71st birthday soprano Barbara Daniels.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHn-ZnnKWDU
Happy 70th birthday soprano Stefka Evstatieva.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Pp5oyABDM
Happy 66th birthday bass Roderick Kennedy.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjqexj5NO_s
Happy 61st birthday stage director Nicholas Hytner.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZFIDxcas28
Photo: Louis Mélançon
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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