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Happy 80th birthday songstress and diva Dame Shirley Bassey.
Happy 80th birthday songstress and diva Dame Shirley Bassey.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9D8iBxzaFw&start=55
On this day in 1734 Handel’s Ariodante premieres at ROH Covent Garden.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKcZAk4Buho
Born on this day in 1915 bass-baritone Karl Dönch.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpTcCvc7hcU
Born on this day in 1923 bass Giorgio Tozzi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr1HbI-Co80
Born on this day in 1924 composer Benjamin Lees.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3Z9E-dqn0
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Evelyn Lear.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RBl7QHm0HI
Happy 79th birthday bass Yevgeny Nesterenko.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paEA4ZeTU5w
Happy 71st birthday opera director Elijah Moshinsky.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYMp13rEfk
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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