Way down upon the Swan Knight river
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
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And practically everyone you ever heard of has a birthday today, including bass Paul Plishka, who is 79.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Umberto Giordano (1867); conductors Karl Böhm (1894), Berislav Klobucar (1924) and István Kertész (1929); soprano Irene Jessner (1901); tenor Richard Tucker (1913); baritone Nicolae Herlea (1927); bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk, soprano Cristina Deutekom and opera director Tito Capobianco (all in 1931) and mezzo-soprano Lucia Valentini-Terrani (1948)
Happy 72nd birthday conductor Gustav Kuhn.
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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