Born on this day in 1918 soprano Birgit Nilsson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxM3wtwuT8o
Born on this day in 1906 soprano Zinka Milanov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNleRCifSfs
RIP baritone Gabriel Bacquier (born on this day in 1924.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo60mGxYHNg
Happy birthday to costume designer and occasional hoofer Juul Haalmeyer.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=990OaFr8EYw
Birthday anniversaries of composers Erik Satie (1866) and and Werner Egk (1901).
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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