Every little thing she does is magic
Opera premieres on this day:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLrymlRE5QQ
Handel‘s Alcina (London, 1735)…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuXWKq3_B7o
…Meyerbeer‘s Le prophète (Paris, 1849)…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vic7jA1iYgo
…and Gounod‘s Sapho (Paris, 1851)
Happy 82nd birthday baritone Leo Nucci
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArBfU4gRDaY
Birthday anniversaries of playwright John Millington Synge (1871),
mezzo-soprano Constance Shacklock (1913)
contralto Carol Brice (1918)
and soprano Marie Collier (1927)
Happy 80th birthday conductor Dennis Russell Davies
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
