On this day in 1808 Beethoven‘s Fidelio premiered in Vienna

Happy 86th birthday tenor René Kollo

Happy 75th birthday soprano Barbara Hendricks

Happy 73rd birthday tenor Vinson Cole

Birthday anniversary of dancer Alexandra Danilova (1903)

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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