On this day in 1938 tenor Jussi Bjoerling made his Met debut as Rodolfo.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OajZ9SCQO8
Mafalda Favero also made her debut as Mimi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXY3IoMWPfw
Happy 84th birthday soprano Maria Chiara
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzngA1_hj0w
Birthday anniversaries of soprano Lilli Lehmann (1848)
composer Scott Joplin (1868)
baritone Marcos Redondo (1893)
tenor René Maison (1895)
and bass Norman Walker (1907)
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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