The inmates take over the asylum
On this day in 1919 Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks launched United Artists.
On this day in 1919 Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks launched United Artists.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNTcUNZM66A
Born on this day in 1900 soprano Oxana Petrusenko
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euehwy_QYn0
Born on this day in 1904 soprano Erna Schlüter
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTNGMM-f14
Born on this day in 1911 tenor Jussi Björling
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n35QhvRJgMw
Born on this day in 1917 bass-baritone Otto Edelmann
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAbe6yh5zM
Born on this day in 1921 conductor John Pritchard
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KyK7tqM59w
Happy 71st birthday tenor Josef Protschka
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIySwQjbp6c
WindyCityOperaman
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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