Double diva day
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLAdbco5Css
Born on this day in 1906 soprano Zinka Milanov…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpm6A4SF_Q
… and in 1918, soprano Birgit Nilsson
Born on this day in 1924 baritone Gabriel Bacquier
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo60mGxYHNg
Birthday anniversaries of composers Erik Satie (1866) and Werner Egk (1901)
and conductor Fausto Cleva (1902)
On this day in 1890 Mascagni‘s Cavalleria Rusticana premiered in Rome
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.
Topics: birgit nilsson, On This Day, zinka milanov
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