Today's Birthdays in Music: February 19 (Boccherini, Ponnelle)

1743 - Luigi Boccherini, Lucca, Italy; composer

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Fragment from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, "Fandango" (Baltic Guitar Quartet)




1932 - Jean-Pierrre Ponnelle, Paris, France; opera director

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Luciano Pavarotti, "Questa o quella" from Rigoletto (DVD), directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Today's Birthday in Music: February 12 (Zeffirelli)

1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, Florence, Italy; opera director and designer

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Zeffirelli talks about his 1983 film production of La Traviata (Domingo and Stratas)