Questo e Quello

Sexagenarian

Happy 60th birthday Madonna.

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Happy 60th birthday Madonna. 

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On this day in 1876 Wagner’s Siegfried premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Heinrich August Marschner (1795), Gabriel Pierné (1863) and Jacinto Guerrero (1895); baritone Osie Hawkins (1913) and soprano/mezzo-soprano Janis Martin (1939).

Happy birthdays to sopranos Evelyn Mandac (73), Sharon Sweet (67), Gianna Rolandi (66) and baritone Alexandru Agache. (63).

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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