“A palace in which you know every room isn’t worth living in”
On this day in 1963 The Leopard directed by Luchino Visconti won the Cannes Palme d’Or.
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Happy 87th birthday soprano Ingeborg Hallstein.
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Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Rosa Raisa (1893) and Ilva Ligabue (1932)
baritones Heinrich Rehkemper (1894) and Horst Günter (1913).
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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