Birthday anniversaries of composer Ferdinand Hummel (1855) and baritone John Charles Thomas (1891)
Happy 68th birthday baritone Omar Ebrahim
Happy 66th birthday soprano Cynthia Haymon
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
The emperor strikes back
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague
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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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