Guess who I saw today
Born on this day in 1937 singer and actress Nancy Wilson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WViPWl4ceZk
On this day in 1724 Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto premiered in London.
On this day in 1816 Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia had its disastrous premiere in Rome.
Birthday anniversaries of director and administrator Carl Ebert (1887) sopranos Nadine Conner (1913) and Margareta Hallin (1931, she passed on February 9) and tenor Giorgio Merighi (1939)
Happy 71st birthday composer Anthony Davis.
Happy 69th birthday conductor Riccardo Chailly.
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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