“Singing is a form of admitting that I’m alive”
Born on this day in 1927 tenor Alfredo Kraus.
Born on this day in 1927 tenor Alfredo Kraus.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNwhHwFl_JE
Born on this day in 1598 librettist Giovanni Francesco Busenello.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isL0E-4TsQ
Born on this day in 1868 composer Tomás López Torregrosa.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNMJh7tTr8
Born on this day in 1891 contralto Karin Branzell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mKPVum1ZhA
Born on this day in 1893 composer Rafael Millán.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6fr4ohafHs
Born on this day in 1907 soprano Lina Bruna Rasa.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7OcGhkOU8E
Born on this day in 1910 tenor Helmut Melchert.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrE33PvqazE
Born on this day in 1915 conductor Ettore Gracis.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyERcOocSE
Born on this day in 1922 baritone Cornell MacNeil.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiTEkiiM_lE
Also born on this day in 1922 baritone Ettore Bastianini.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mljTv4V0PFE
Born on this day in 1938 baritone Pablo Elvira.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-457Hz8UaA
On this day in 1976 the off-Broadway musical Oh! Calcutta! opened.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0n_A5qGAok
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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