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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Mucic: March 20 (Gigli, Melchior)

1890 - Beniamino Gigli, Recanati, Italy; opera tenor

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Gigli sings "Celeste Aida" (Rome 1946)

1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen, Denmark; opera tenor

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Lauritz Melchior sings Walther's Prize Song from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1939)

Labels: Beniamino Gigli, birthdays, Lauritz Melchior, singer

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