Questo e Quello

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Born on this day in 1916 actress and comedienne (and owner of a killer pair of gams!) Martha Raye.

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Born on this day in 1916 actress and comedienne (and owner of a killer pair of gams!) Martha Raye. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZV-Vu-40M0

Born on this day in 1866 heldentenor Erik Schmedes.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbtMjpDbris

Born on this day in 1920 bass Alexander Pavlovich Ognivtsev.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_WXDfp6ME

Happy 84th birthday soprano Nicoletta Panni.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEaay2O1X0

Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano Ann Murray.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkt64kycWS0

Happy 58th birthday conductor Sian Edwards.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7xHXqWtkA

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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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