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On this day in 1925 English-American actress Angela Lansbury was born.

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On this day in 1925 English-American actress Angela Lansbury was born.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIsmINWdkVQ

Born on this day in 1854 writer Oscar Wilde
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0mdxFJZ5XA

Born on this day in 1888 playwright Eugene O’Neill
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCaPqzMYkI

Born on this day in 1913 bass Guus Hoekman
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymX1B4U4F8Y

Born on this day in 1913 baritone Gino Bechi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGm4evzytmQ

Happy 84th birthday conductor James Lockhart
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkQPatDCcUM

Born on this day in 1932 or 1930 mezzo-soprano Margreta Elkins
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6-3VDZ2xWM

Born on this day in 1932 conductor Henry Lewis
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQTCeYWOLA

Happy 52nd birthday baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDseKEF1FIY

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Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.

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