Questo e Quello

“To be somebody you must last”

Born on this day in 1896 actress and screenwriter Ruth Gordon.

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Born on this day in 1896 actress and screenwriter Ruth Gordon. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW8q6NVJmW8

Born on this day in 1896 conductor Antonino Votto.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vMGLCRY93M

Born on this day in 1897 soprano Käthe Heidersbach.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVFsoc018ZM

On this day in 1944 the Aaron Copland/Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring had its premiere in Washington DC.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KIn6xHbSZg

Happy 71st birthday countertenor and conductor René Jacobs.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnYZuUvzZRM

Happy 62nd birthday baritone François Le Roux.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBTsikKiIz0

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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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