Vincitor de’ secoli
Happy 89th birthday baritone Sherrill Milnes.
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He made his Metropolitan opera debut as Valentin in 1965 and his farewell as Amonasro in 1997.
Happy 77th birthday bass-baritone James Morris
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pTaH8USQH4
Happy 73rd birthday tenor Rockwell Blake
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhW3xAkOF10
On this day in 1970 mezzo Frederica von Stade and soprano Gail Robinson both made their Metropolitan Opera debuts as two of the Genies in Mozart’s Zauberflöte. Third was mezzo Judith Forst .
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Frederick Jagel (1897)
conductor Jean Morel (1903)
tenor David Poleri (1921)
and baritone Derek Hammond-Stroud (1926).
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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