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Happy 87th birthday soprano Mary Costa.

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Happy 87th birthday soprano Mary Costa. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRVVyf0cnyc

Born on this day in 1869 composer Albert Roussel.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm9RJiOH-xs

On this date in 1874 Johann Strauss Jr’s Die Fledermaus premiered in Vienna.
Born on this day in 1908 conductor and director Herbert von Karajan.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHF5LP53LZY

Born on this day in 1925 bass Keith Engen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HrAE6kcwoY

Happy 84th birthday soprano Eugenia Ratti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwL6JjmUrvE

Happy 69th birthday tenor Dano Raffanti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz8zIomSWmk

Happy 56th birthday soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_6iekClmZQ

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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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