Questo e Quello

Don’t let them tame you

Born on this day in 1877 dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan.

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Born on this day in 1877 dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnW31RCNBQk

Born on this day in 1893 composer and conductor Eugene Goossens.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGMKtN_Mk6o

Happy 96th (100th?) birthday soprano Inge Borkh.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKO20rBpLoE

Happy 91st birthday tenor and conductor Herbert Handt.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeV4rUGpYGM

Born on this day in 1933 baritone Kari Nurmela.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFhaYPDZ_rU

Happy 79th birthday soprano Teresa Stratas.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clMXNa7WzKc

Also Happy 79th birthday composer William Bolcom.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNYZDMxwKc

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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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