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Happy 83rd birthday bass Paul Plishka
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QuKZa_Q9GE
Born on this day in 1913 tenor Richard Tucker
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-D82L4wSQ
Born on this day in 1894 conductor Karl Böhm
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE1sZ_m202Q
On this day in 1850 Wagner‘s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLWlJ2RZkTI
Birthday anniversaries of composer Umberto Giordano (1867),
conductors Berislav Klobucar (1924) and István Kertész (1929),
soprano Irene Jessner (1901),
baritone Nicolae Herlea (1927),
bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk, soprano Cristina Deutekom and opera director Tito Capobianco (all in 1931),
and mezzo-soprano Lucia Valentini-Terrani (1948)
Happy 79th birthday conductor Gustav Kuhn
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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