A touch of the poet
Born on this day in 1925 actress Kim Stanley.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJrH9YEKqrg
David Fox and Cameron Kelsall further discuss Ms. Stanley.
On this date Donizetti’s La fille du Régiment premiered in Paris (1840), Verdi’s I Lombardi premiered in Milan (1843).
On this day in 1966 soprano Pilar Lorengar made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Donna Elvira.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UplE5tb0Lz8
Birthday anniversaries of tenor August Seider (1901), baritone Robert Weede (1903) and tenor Michel Sénéchal (1927).
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Edith Mathis.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qctqiRncX3Q
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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