London calling
Born on this day in 1919 bass-baritone George London
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lA0vQoLObk
On this day in 1955 the Richard Adler – Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudtzNCgp_c
Birthday anniversaries of composers Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819) and Hans Pfitzner (1869),
soprano Yelena Andreyevna Stepanova (1891),
conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900),
soprano Maria Caniglia (1905),
and bass Kurt Böhme (1908)
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
