“Publicity can be terrible”
Born on this day in 1921 actress and singer Jane Russell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYYfvAqEt9s
Happy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVfJDMrXEds
On this day in 1868 Richard Wagner‘s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered in Munich.
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Birthday anniversaries of conductor Hermann Scherchen (1891), mezzo-soprano Larisa Avdeyeva (1925) and soprano Judith Raskin (1928).
On this day, “the musical extravaganza that launches the ’80s” Can’t Stop the Music was released, or, depending on your point of view, escaped.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqeQWYwVFo0
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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