Handel’s Alcina (London, 1735)
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète (Paris, 1849)Gounod’s Sapho (Paris, 1851)Happy 80th birthday baritone Leo Nucci.Birthday anniversaries of playwright John Millington Synge (1871), mezzo-soprano Constance Shacklock (1913), contralto Carol Brice (1918) and soprano Marie Collier (1927).Ooh la la!
Born on this day in 1904 Canadian-American artiste Fifi D’Orsay.
Opera premieres on this day:
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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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