Puppet maestro
Conductor Valery Gergiyev turns 71
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W9Yg0Td9Fk
Happy 75th birthday soprano Jeannine Altmeyer
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF1nWJHOopU
Birthday anniversaries of composer Vicente Martín y Soler (1754),
lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895),
soprano Aulikki Rautawaara (1906),
conductors Charles Bruck (1911), Anton Guadagno (1925), and Horst Stein (1928)
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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