J’allume au feu du jour ma cigarette.
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On this day in 1967 soprano Elisabeth Grümmer made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Elsa.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kml3aq30CWA
Birthday anniversaries of baritone Josef Herrmann (1903) and tenor Giovanni Malipiero (1906),
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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