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Happy Birthday, happy birthday, New York, New York!
Happy Birthday, happy birthday, New York, New York!
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Born on this day in 1931 soprano Yevgeniya Miroshnichenko.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4_XI818TL8
Happy 84th birthday soprano Mimi Coertse.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJouLil-cng
Happy 83rd birthday director John Copley.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzXNSHkONcw
Happy 64rd birthday composer and conductor Oliver Knussen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbOCfIh3HI
For Saturday, June 11:
Born on this day in 1864 composer Richard Strauss.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_NtbKsEbXA
Born on this day in 1913 mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxoUSs1YsHo
Happy 90th birthday composer Carlisle Floyd.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl_Hs4PNT-c
Happy 74th birthday soprano Marina Krilovici.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARbwHYNX0c
[Your doyenne asks you to excuse her failure to post Saturday’s birthdays on the proper day. Her truancy should be understood as an artistic hommage to Mmes. Garland and Minnelli.]
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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