Born on this day in 1927 director-choreographer Bob Fosse. Happy 63rd birthday soprano Sylvia McNair.
httpvh://wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=MhhNTDXqPp0
Happy 76th birthday disgraced former Metropolitan Opera Music Director Emeritus James Levine.
httpvh://wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_jp0EnV1Q
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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