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Premiered on this day in 1909 Richard Strauss‘s Elektra.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiHKmDfvgNs&t=9s
Born on this day in 1963 tenor Marcello Giordani.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu0PBMhg2zQ
More operatic premieres: Rossini’s La Cenerentola in Rome (1817), Bellini’s I Puritani in Paris (1835).
Birthday anniversary of conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQO7QIgNvA0
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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Topics: On This Day
