On this day in 2005 mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato made her Met debut as Cherubino.
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Born on this day in 1944 film and stage director Patrice Chéreau.
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Born on this day in 1946 conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), tenor Giuseppe Lugo (1898), baritone Sigurd Björling (1907) and composer Harold Faberman (1929).
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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