On This Day

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Born on this day in 1925 mezzo soprano Oralia Dominguez

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On this day in 1976 soprano Hildegard Behrens made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Giorgetta! Tenor Neil Shicoff made his debut as Rinuccio.

Much later as Mozart‘s Elettra:

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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Margaret Burke Sheridan (1889) and mezzo-soprano Bruna Castagna (1905)

Happy 93rd birthday baritone Heinz Horst Blankenburg

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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