On This Day

Perseverance

Happy 88th birthday actress and singer Rita Moreno.

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“My middle name really is perseverance. I’ve always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a lot of time living my life feeling that I wasn’t worthy. But even then I knew that I had something special, and maybe that’s what it takes.”

Born on this day in 1803 composer Hector Berlioz.

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On this day in 1960 the Cy Coleman musical Wildcat opened at the Alvin Theatre, to run 171 performances.

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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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