Throat GOAT
Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer
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Born on this day in 1813 composer Giuseppe Verdi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raDegluLr8k
Birthday anniversaries of composers Jerónimo Giménez (1854) and Vernon Duke (1903), and conductor Alexander Shamil’yevich Melik-Pashayev (1905)
On this day in 1935 Gershwin‘s Porgy and Bess opened at the Alvin Theatre (today known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway
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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