Happy 63rd birthday soprano Jane Eaglen.
On this day in 1859 Meyerbeer’s Dinorah premiered in Paris

Birthday anniversaries of conductor Pierre Monteux (1875), tenors Isidoro Fagoaga (1895) and Sven Olof Eliasson (1933).

Photo: Marty Sohl/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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