On this day in 1900 Puccini’s Tosca premiered in Rome.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1KQv0we4M
Birthday anniversaries of bass Ludwig Hofmann (1895), mezzo Grace Hoffman (1921), tenor Jean Cox (1922), baritone Louis Quilico (1929).
Happy 80th birthday to film legend Faye Dunaway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5bqXpCbA4s
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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