Empty salons, corridors, salons, doors
On this day in 1961 at the 22nd Venice Film Festival L’Année dernière à Marienbad directed by Alain Resnais won the Leone d’oro award.
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On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le Comte d’Ory premiered in Paris.
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Happy 82nd birthday soprano Anne Evans.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Jacopo Peri (1561) and librettist Thomas Corneille (1625).
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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