E così vada s’è pur mio destino!
On this day in 1901 Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Rome starring Eleonora Duse and Gustavo Salvini
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOe1CLddbZY
Born on this day in 1897 actress Hermione Gingold
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsvXY2ThGiQ
Born on this day in 1895 mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvwyiK3AkJ0
Born on this day in 1915 soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BVNKiphrk
On this day in 1905 Richard Strauss’s Salome premiered in Dresden
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsqG8uPDho
On this day premiere of Glinka‘s Ruslan and Ludmilla in St Petersburg (1842)
Birthday anniversary of composer Joaquín Turina (1882)
and tenor Gilbert Py (1933)
Happy 70th birthday countertenor Christopher Robson
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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