Jewel tones
On this day in 1838 Berlioz‘s Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lpxazJw0c
On this day in 1868 Bizet‘s Les pêcheurs de perles premiered in Paris
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQ3uEeMEFI
Happy 80th birthday baritone Thomas Allen
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aC_aJ8dQr4
Happy 75th birthday soprano Francoise Pollet
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4NB49rQR8g
Happy 67th birthday tenor and director Laurence Dale
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aba278Hl7ZQ
Birthday anniversaries of composers Henry Purcell (1659), and Niccolò Jommelli (1714), soprano Judith Nelson (1939), and conductor Christopher Hogwood (1941)
Happy 85th birthday bass Hans Sotin
Happy 78th birthdays stage director David Pountney and composer Adriano Guarnieri
Photo: © Les Pêcheurs de perles – maquette décors Antoine Fontaine
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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