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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Today's Birthday in Music: July 22 (Albanese)

1913 - Licia Albanese, Bari, Italy; opera soprano

Wikipedia
Profile (San Francisco Chronicle, 2004)

Licia Albanese sings:

The Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (1951, Leopold Stokowski conducting)

"Stridono lassù" from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (1951)

Labels: birthdays, Licia Albanese, singer

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