On this day in 1933 Richard Strauss‘s Arabella premiered in Dresden.
Birthday anniversaries of baritone Benvenuto Franci (1891), tenorsPeter Anders (1908) and Jean Giraudeau (1916) and composer Hans Werner Henze (1926).

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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