Born on this day in 1962 baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
On this day in 1972 conductor Henry Lewis made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting La bohème on what was his 40th birthday.
Birthday anniversaries of writers Oscar Wilde (1854) and Eugene O’Neill (1888).

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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