Born on this day in 1898 actress, singer and muse Lotte Lenya.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1quSB7DceUw
Happy birthday to soprano Berit Lindholm (85), soprano Catarina Ligendza (82), tenor Henry Price (74) and soprano Margarita Castro Alberty (72).
Happy birthday to parterre box‘s resident pâtissier Christian Ocier!
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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