Questo e Quello

And then there were nuns

On this day in 1965 The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, was released.

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On this day in 1965 The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, was released.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vtq9t08ktU

Born on this day in 1824 composer Bedrich Smetana
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1rpkUzroI

Born on this day in 1890 tenor Thomas Burke
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgCNz7JtCvA

Born on this day in 1900 composer Kurt Weill
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeozviowUGo

Born on this day in 1905 composer Marc Blitzstein
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqzeTwrWA8M

Born on this day in 1915 conductor Anthony Lewis
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkQ_1auTxoA

Happy 75th birthday bass Robert Lloyd
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPZu3RrVDE

Happy 71st birthday conductor Leif Segerstam
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZyZEYOa1OA

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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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