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On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris.

By WindyCityOperaman

February 28, 2019

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On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1B_BX0owz0

And on various leap year days:

In 1836 Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux8dCLT7H-8

Birthday anniversaries of composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792) and songstress Dinah Shore (1916).

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u98CAXXr4Q

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSBILb1-PAc

Happy 87th birthday soprano Reri Grist.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTEztwwh1g

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