Let it bleed
On this day in 2013 the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BCpMr1U0-o
Happy 75th 76th birthday composer John Adams.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlUHKHLk_VU
On this day in 1686 Lully’s Armide premiered in Paris.
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Dino Borgioli (1891),soprano Hina Spani (1896), composer Georges Auric (1899), baritones Raymond Wolansky (1926) and Zoltan Pesko (1937).
Born on this day in 1905 songwriter Harold Arlen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnslgdNb1Ts
Happy 72nd birthday soprano Kathryn Harries.
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
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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