December child
Happy 74th birthday soprano Edita Gruberova.
On this day in 1893 Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel premiered in Weimar.Born on this day librettist Ranieri de’Calzabigi (1714), composer Rafael Calleja (1874), baritone Karl Schmitt-Walter (1900), basses Josef Greindl (1912) and Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov (1927) and conductor Claudio Scimone (1934).
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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