“If they had tried to give me only flowers, I would have spit in their faces”
Born on this day in 1887 soprano Maria Jeritza.
Born on this day in 1887 soprano Maria Jeritza.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksht3MKwyKo
Born on this day in 1820 soprano Jenny Lind.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAo0oy-Q_iE
Born on this day in 1880 mezzo-soprano Julia Culp.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shBXjDHVm5s
Born on this day in 1882 composer Karol Szymanowski.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgFt57kUAI
Happy 82nd birthday tenor Vasile Moldoveanu.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAk3GoYl7u0
Also Happy 82nd birthday to conductor Leopold Hager.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWaXRj6PlNA
Happy 74th birthday composer Udo Zimmermann.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i49Bby0jSrI
Happy 67th birthday tenor Keith Lewis.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt17wkEgNZM
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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Topics: On This Day
