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Born on this day 100 years ago
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKnzf8Mdi8
On this day in 1840 Donizetti‘s La Favorite premiered in Paris
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xFqLZFPf3M
On this day in 1877 Camille Saint-Saens’s opera Samson et Dalila premiered in Weimar
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdpmTuxzs3Q
Birthday anniversaries of tenor and teacher Paul Althouse (1899)
conductors Peter Herman Adler (also 1899) and
John Barbirolli (1923)
and mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova (1925)
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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Topics: maria callas, On This Day
