Questo e Quello

“Every time I walked on the stage it was like I was walking into my life”

Born on this day in 1914 soprano Eleanor Steber.

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Born on this day in 1914 soprano Eleanor Steber.

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Happy 58th birthday soprano Dawn Upshaw.
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Happy 82nd birthday Prof Peter Schickele.
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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Antonina Neshdanova (1873) and director Luc Bondy (1948).

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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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