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Happy 64th birthday composer Osvaldo Golijov
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M10SYSAqTc4
Happy 78th birthday tenor José Carreras
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KG9mity6AY
On this day in 1890 the first complete performance of Berlioz’s Les Troyens was given in Karlsruhe
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5By6XucMaU
On this day in 1966 the Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones two-character musical I Do! I Do! opened on Broadway
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HowUCMovuLs
Birthday anniversaries of soprano Grace Moore (1898) and pianist Wladys?aw Szpilman (1911)
Happy 88th birthday soprano Jeanette Scovotti
Happy 62nd birthday tenor and conductor José Cura
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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