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Happy 79th birthday to protean diva Grace Bumbry!

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Happy 79th birthday to protean diva Grace Bumbry!  

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxEJ4AiFK1k

Born on this day in 1710 composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izB4rQ9m0LQ

On this day in 1843 Donizetti’s Don Pasquale premiered in Paris
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUE5gIU0p8Q

Born on this day in 1869 conductor Percy Pitt
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzxiOW1QQk

Born on this day in 1881 conductor and impersario Gaetano Merola
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELxadiAs18

Born on this day in 1892 baritone André Baugé
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXOrYF6beQ

Happy 67th birthday soprano Margaret Marshall
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enmsoErhcks

Happy 62nd birthday tenor Peter Seiffert
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDb5A1b__8s

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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