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Happy 83rd birthday soprano Mirella Freni.

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Happy 83rd birthday soprano Mirella Freni. 

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

Also born on this day:  contralto Marian Anderson in 1899…

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

… soprano Lotte Lehmann in 1888…

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-gqga1Uoqk

… and actress and activist Elizabeth Taylor in 1932.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kdioqmnckc

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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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