Happy 87th birthday actress Sophia Loren.
Birthday anniversaries of librettist Giovanni Ruffini (1807) composers Johann Joseph Abert (1832), Gustave Doret (1866) and Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880) and songstress Gogi Grant (1924)A sky full of stars
On this day in 1971 the Metropolitan Opera opened the final season of the Rudolf Bing regime with a revival of Don Carlo.
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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