A chanté le carnage
Happy 77th birthday tenor José Carreras
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zGsojS_R8
On this day in 1890 the first complete performance of Berlioz’s Les Troyens was given in Karlsruhe
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5By6XucMaU
On this day in 1966 the Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones two-character musical I Do! I Do! opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HowUCMovuLs
Birthday anniversaries of soprano Grace Moore (1898)
and pianist W?adys?aw Szpilman (1911)
Happy 87th birthday soprano Jeanette Scovotti
Happy 63rd birthday composer Osvaldo Golijov
Happy 61st birthday tenor and conductor José Cura
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: On This Day
