Born on this day in 1892 bass Ezio Pinza…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RyOAbKH8pE
…and in 1914 bass Boris Christoff.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ht3eDUcn0s
Birthday anniversaries of librettist Francesco Maria Piave (1810); composers Karl Goldmark (1830) and Henri Sauguet (1901); and musicologist and editor Fritz Oeser (1911).
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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