On This Day

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Happy 64th birthday composer Osvaldo Golijov

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Happy 78th birthday tenor José Carreras

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On this day in 1890 the first complete performance of Berlioz’s Les Troyens was given in Karlsruhe

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On this day in 1966 the Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones two-character musical I Do! I Do! opened on Broadway

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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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