Quel jour radieux!

On this day 190 years ago, Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.

On this day 190 years ago, Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzLAD24ZlTQ

Born on this day in 12 AD Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known as Caligula.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE-zPubXpM8

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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