Born on this day in 1930 Ben Gazzara.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfgxT8HkEz8
Happy 80th birthday bass Paul Plishka.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ7zN81DYPs
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLWlJ2RZkTI
Born on this day composer Umberto Giordano (1867) and tenor Richard Tucker (1913).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGpc_qaOeK4
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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