Love me tenor
Happy 61st birthday tenor Roberto Alagna
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgbt6Y-Gius
On this day in 1945 Britten‘s Peter Grimes premiered at Sadler Wells Theatre in London
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuYuGtPK89s
Birthday anniversaries of conductor George Szell (1897),
soprano Margaret Ritchie (1903),
tenor Mario Filippeschi (1907),
conductor, director and teacher Boris Goldovsky (1908),
soprano Margherita Carosio (1908),
set designer Gunther Schneider-Siemssen (1926),
and tenor Andrea Velis (1927)
Happy 96th birthday composer Charles Strouse
Happy 87th birthday conductor Neeme Jarvi
Happy 57th birthday soprano Patrizia Ciofi
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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