Happy 87th birthday to actress and comedian Carol Burnett.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHHH6GuONk
On this day in 2007 the Metropolitan Opera Debut of tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Almaviva.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dprmPPVfas
Happy 50th birthday soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTWsA6LqL4
On this day in 1970 Stephen Sondheim‘s musical Company opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrRDrz53Q1E
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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