Happy 82nd birthday actress/author Shirley MacLaine. Born on this day in 1706 composer Giovanni Battista Martini.Happy 74th birthday Barbra Streisand.Happy 72nd birthday soprano Norma Burrowes.
For me, the safest place is out on a limb
Happy 82nd birthday actress/author Shirley MacLaine.
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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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
