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Happy 69th birthday soprano Kathleen Battle

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Happy 69th birthday soprano Kathleen Battle. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr6zmTnpr8c

On this day in 1876 the Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of the Ring.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v38pvBZlcaU

Born on this day in 1893 bass Maxim Dormidontovich Mikhaylov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yBOjZL19I

Born on this day in 1903 tenor James Johnston.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHlgsXHrZSE

Born on this day in 1912 tenor Francesco Albanese.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NHnYlxdZKk

Born on this day in 1920 soprano Elizabeth Fretwell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVVRJ3BIAM

Happy 77th birthday mezzo-soprano Gertrude Jahn (singing the Feodor.)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxEJHTCLoA

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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