Questo e Quello

“Children need pets,” Miss Munsel believes

Born on this day in 1925 mother of four and soprano Patrice Munsel.

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Born on this day in 1925 mother of four and soprano Patrice Munsel. 
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Born on this day in 1885 conductor Otto Klemperer.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmO6qQRM8F8

Born on this day in 1917 composer Lou Harrison.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l393EGdD6Pc

Happy 69th birthday soprano Carmen Arlen Balthrop.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukgWU6JCZkg

Happy 66th birthday soprano Helen Field.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWIz-LSYMO4

Born on this day in 1957 soprano Daniela Dessì.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMlZIuy2PNw

On this day in 1957 the Bob Merrill musical New Girl in Town opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegLHtpIO-k

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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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