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Born on this day in 1883 stage and film actress Edna May Oliver.
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Happy 60th birthday baritone Thomas Quasthoff.
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Happy 54rd birthday bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.
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Birthday anniversaries of tenor Aureliano Pertile (1885), soprano Pierrette Alarie (1921), actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge (1922) and baritone Piero Cappuccilli (1929).
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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