Mad skills
On this day in 1835 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premiered in Naples.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1zzv9zIO8
Born on this day in 1898 composer George Gershwin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p40R1TtLJo
Born on this day in 1908 composer Eugen Suchon.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7D8fSQdVHk
Born on this day in 1930 tenor Fritz Wunderlich.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0H0rD2L2E
Happy 70th birthday baritone Dale Duesing.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPdwwvr0qo
Happy 68th birthday soprano Deborah Polaski.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ0gwH7R1_E
Happy 67th birthday tenor Gary Lakes.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qEUMX2UaE
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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