Gabriela Benacková does the honors.

On this day in 1725 Handel‘s Tamerlano premiered in London

On this day in 1862 Verdi‘s La forza del destino premiered in St Petersburg

Birthday anniversaries:
Born on this day in 1883 conductor Ernest Ansermet (1883)
and soprano Gertrude Grob-Prandl (1917)

Happy 80th birthday soprano Britt-Marie Aruhn

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