Dramatic improvement
Born on this day in 1931 mezzo-soprano/soprano Shirley Verrett
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VPAW8z4Tsg
Happy 84th birthday soprano Olivia Stapp
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsbR4Onbag
Happy 53rd birthday soprano Diana Damrau
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M6LpM_Wcc
On this day in 1817 Rossini‘s La gazza ladra premiered in Milan
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1coI_QW4I
Birthday anniversaries of composer Marin Marais (1656)
conductor Louis Fourestier (1892),
mezzo-soprano Edith Coates (1908),
countertenor Alfred Deller (1912),
and soprano Florence Quartararo (1922)
Happy 75th birthdays to bass-baritone Alfred Muff
Happy 78th birthday soprano Nancy Shade
Happy 69th birthday composer Bruce Adolphe
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
