Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
On this day in 1987 the Metropolitan Opera premiered a new production of Das Rheingold.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rzjp6sBr8
On this day in 1986 baritone Thomas Hampson made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count Almaviva.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamd7aXVMtc
Birthday anniversaries of composer Camille Saint-Saens (1835), contralto Mary Jarred (1899). sopranos Marcelle Bunlet (1900) and Irmgard Seefried (1919).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Q19SIOuG4
Happy 85th birthday soprano Joan Carden.
Happy 67th birthday mezzo-soprano Sally Burgess.
Happy 57th birthday soprano Christiane Oelze.
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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