Questo e Quello

Stranger off a train

Born on this day in 1888 actress Marion Lorne.

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Born on this day in 1888 actress Marion Lorne. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSMrqkwc2vA&start=17

Born on this day in 1891 tenor Antonio Cortis.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuObhU0ab_w

Born on this day in 1892 mezzo-contralto Maria Olszewska.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNAhaorWqL8

Born on this day in 1910 soprano Trude Eipperle.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N_bIbNfe-w

Happy 82nd birthday opera director Harry Kupfer.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJk4rb7za54

Happy 79th birthday mezzo-soprano Huguette Tourangeau.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUprXvODOF4

Born on this day in 1944 tenor Peter Hofmann.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtFBTjwxbjM

Happy 66th birthday soprano Melanie Holliday.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXx-RBWRgI

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