On this day a year ago the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center. Birthday anniversaries for three great Swedish singers: soprano Elisabeth Söderström (1927) tenor Helge Brilioth and baritone Ingvar Wixell (both 1931.)
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On this day a year ago the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.
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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