Happy 49th birthday tenor Jonas Kaufmann!
Happy 49th birthday tenor Jonas Kaufmann!
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Happy 78th birthday soprano Helen Donath.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Carl Orff (1895), mezzo-soprano Ebe Stignani (1903), soprano Ljuba Welitsch (1913), bass Ian Wallace (1919) and bass-baritone Gerd Nienstedt (1932).
Happy 88th birthday mezzo-soprano Josephine Veasey.
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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