O holy nightingale

Happy 71st birthday soprano Edita Gruberova.

December 23, 2017

Happy 71st birthday soprano Edita Gruberova (with music for the holidays!)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbXSdYuMmk0

Born on this day in 1714 librettist Ranieri de’Calzabigi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRI21v5CxQ

Born on this day in 1874 composer Rafael Calleja.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGZ9S-j6Lo

On this day in 1893 Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel premiered in Weimar.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz-zQBvTbiU

Born on this day in 1900 baritone Karl Schmitt-Walter.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jnfyr8Hntw

Born on this day in 1912 bass Josef Greindl.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRJcWQXPGq8

Happy 90th birthday bass Alexander Vedernikov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_sdKxK4opI

Happy 83rd birthday conductor Claudio Scimone.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQVpJVBcAVU

Happy 60th birthday tenor Frank Lopardo.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3oUpuUnXc

Happy 59th birthday soprano Tiziana Fabbricini.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcz23im3LnI

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.