Quick on the trigger
On this day in 1922 Annie Oakley set a women’s record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row.
On this day in 1922 Annie Oakley set a women’s record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GuOt5SN4q8&start=112
Born on this day in 1871 playwright John Millington Synge.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W885YFe93SI
Born on this day in 1913 mezzo-soprano Constance Shacklock.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D6O2Qpt0U
Born on this day in 1918 contralto Carol Brice.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWCGLdog2UM
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Marie Collier.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wejwfqwGAwc.
Happy 74th birthday baritone Leo Nucci.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc9cqNPhnLE
Happy 72nd birthday conductor Dennis Russell Davies.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmANnGkLzM
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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