“We all desire that Change will come”
Happy 62nd birthday playwright Tony Kushner.
Happy 62nd birthday playwright Tony Kushner.
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On this day in 1782 Mozart’s Die Entfunhrung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna.
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Birthday anniversaries of librettists Jacopo Ferretti (1784) and Camille du Locle (1832), dancer and actress Ginger Rogers (1911) and tenor Ticho Parly (1928).
WindyCityOperaman
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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