Happy 45th birthday conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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Happy 76th birthday soprano Kiri te Kanawa.
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On this day in 1831 Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula premiered in Milan
Birthday anniversaries of composer Oscar Straus (1870); soprano Gina Cigna (1900); conductors Julius Rudel (1921); Sarah Caldwell (1924) and Lorin Maazel (1930); and bass-baritone Norman Treigle (1927).
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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