Riot grrrls
On this day in 1913 Igor Stravinsky‘s Le Sacre du printemps premiered in Paris; a riot ensued
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1OQkHybEQ
Happy 76th birthday soprano Linda Esther Gray
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GIVzjxC3Lg
Birthday anniversaries of composers Isaac Albéniz (1860) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897),
tenor Mario Chamlee (1892),
and bass Karl Ridderbusch (1932)
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
