Born on this day in 1890 conductor Erich Kleiber.
Birthday anniversaries of composers Pietro Marc’Antonio Cesti (1623), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Oskar Merikanto (1868) and Oscar Espla (1886)

Happy 95th birthday composer Betsy Jolas.

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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