Birthday anniversaries of poet and librettist Francis Burdett Money-Coutts (1852); composers Alberto Franchetti (1860), Arthur Benjamin (1893),  Pablo Sorozábal (1897) and Josef Tal (1910);  tenor József Simándy (1916); mezzo-soprano Maureen Lehane (1932); and bass-baritone Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov (1933).

Happy 87th birthday mezzo-soprano Ruth Hesse.

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Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28

Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28

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Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28

Geneva Light Opera’s production of Lehar’s The Merry Widow will feature prize-winning baritone Bryan Murray and soprano Alexis Olinyk in the superb acoustics of in the landmark Smith Opera House in Geneva, New York on July 25, 27, and 28. A small city on the north end of the largest of NY’s Finger Lakes, Geneva…

From Geneva Light Opera

Geneva Light Opera’s production of Lehar’s The Merry Widow will feature prize-winning baritone Bryan Murray and soprano Alexis Olinyk in the superb acoustics of in the landmark Smith Opera House in Geneva, New York on July 25, 27, and 28. A small city on the north end of the largest of NY’s Finger Lakes, Geneva…

From Geneva Light Opera