Today's Birthdays in Music: June 26 (Abbado, Taddei)

1933 - Claudio Abbado, Milan, Italy; conductor

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Claudio Abbado conducts an excerpt from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg)



1916 - Giuseppe Taddei, Genoa, Italy; opera baritone

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Giuseppe Taddei sings "Udite, udite o rustici" from Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore"