On this day in 1964, Broadway diva Ethel Merman divorced Academy Academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine after 32 days of marriage. Happy 78th birthday conductor Riccardo Muti.On this day in 1882 Wagner’s Parsifal premiered in Bayreuth.
Old-Fashioned Wedding
On this day in 1964, Broadway diva Ethel Merman divorced academy Academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine.
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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