Born on this day in 1911 soprano Elisabeth Grümmer.
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On this day in 1999 the Metropolitan Opera presented its main stage premiere of Floyd’s Susannah. Renee Fleming, Samuel Ramey and Jerry Hadley starred.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-FPJ4IECd8
Birthday anniversaries of composers Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Franz Joseph Haydn (1732), conductor Clemens Krauss (1893), tenor Franz Völker (1899) soprano Elisabeth Grümmer (1911) and bass Frederick Guthrie (1924).
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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