Sternflammende
Also on this day in 1977 soprano Edita Gruberová made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Queen of the Night.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rcg2GZ3Jt8
On this day in 1875 the Palais Garnier was inaugurated in Paris.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thWNJCEOI50
Birthday anniversaries include opera producer Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky (1863), tenor Gaston Micheletti (1892), director Wieland Wagner (1917).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xBdu0K3dng
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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