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Happy 70th birthday to long-time Village Person David Hodo.

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Happy 70th birthday to long-time Village Person David Hodo.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dFTZrZkKl4

Born on this day in 1860 composer Gustav Mahler.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf5fM1i3MGQ

Born on this day in 1911 composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kOqseElHqM

Born on this day in 1913 mezzo-soprano Georgine von Milinkovic.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-eQXCp31c

Born on this day in 1939 mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSdhd3lRrg8

Happy 72nd birthday bass Matti Salminen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaHsXPVnqJY

On this day in 1956 Douglas Moore‘s The Ballad of Baby Doe premiered in Central City, Colorado.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZHO3DP-18

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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