On this date in 1991 the World Premiere of John Corigliano‘s The Ghost of Versailles at the Met

Born on this day composers Giuseppe Giordani (1751) and Walter Braunfels (1882), conductor Fritz Reiner(1888), soprano and Glyndebourne founder Audrey Mildmay (1900), soprano Dusolina Giannini (1902), and baritone Sanford Sylvan (1953)

Happy 80th birthday conductor William Christie
Happy 75th birthday baritone Russell Smythe
Happy 72nd birthday mezzo Jane Bunnell
Happy 67th birthday baritone Olaf Bär

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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