Blow high
Happy 59th birthday soprano Natalie Dessay
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb3m90nl-E
On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s Carousel opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7oatLydC0
On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigenia in Aulis premiered in Paris
Birthday anniversaries of composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892),
tenors Walter Widdop (1892) and Kenneth Riegel (1938),
conductor Joseph Keilberth (1908),
and mezzo-soprano Hertha Topper (1924)
Happy 88th birthday conductor Bernhard Klee
Happy 58th birthday soprano Veronique Gens
Happy 57th birthday soprano Barbara Frittoli
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
