Today's Birthdays in Music: June 11 (R. Strauss, Floyd)
1864 - Richard Strauss, Munich, Germany; composer and conductor
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Anne Howells (Octavian) and Barbara Bonney (Sophie) sing 'Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren' (The Presentation of the Rose scene) from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 1985)
Alessio Allegrini plays Strauss's Horn Concerto #2 (Filarmonica della Scala, conductor Riccardo Muti, February 1999)
1926 - Carlisle Floyd, Latta, U.S.A.; composer (Susannah)
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Renée Fleming sings "Ain't it a pretty night" from Susannah (Richard Tucker Gala, 1995)
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Anne Howells (Octavian) and Barbara Bonney (Sophie) sing 'Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren' (The Presentation of the Rose scene) from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 1985)
Alessio Allegrini plays Strauss's Horn Concerto #2 (Filarmonica della Scala, conductor Riccardo Muti, February 1999)
1926 - Carlisle Floyd, Latta, U.S.A.; composer (Susannah)
Wiki entry
Profile (L.A. Times, 2008)
Renée Fleming sings "Ain't it a pretty night" from Susannah (Richard Tucker Gala, 1995)
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