On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le Comte d’Ory premiered in Paris. Happy 77th birthday soprano Anne Evans.Birthday anniversaries of composer Jacopo Peri (1561)……and playwright Thomas Corneille (1625).
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On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le Comte d’Ory premiered in Paris.
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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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