On this day in 2018 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center.
httpbh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzGrVRwRAM
Birthday anniversaries for three great Swedish singers:
Soprano Elisabeth Söderström (1927)
Tenor Helge Brilioth (1931)Baritone Ingvar Wixell (1931)
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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