Born on this day in 1911 actor and bon vivant Vincent Price.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rbub_IQpSE
Born on this day in 1799 composer Fromental Halévy.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlVeCb3CTsY
Happy 92nd birthday composer Thea Musgrave.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-3VbWz6f_c
Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Lina Pagliughi (1907) and Elizabeth Harwood (1938).
Happy 75th birthday tenor Thomas Moser.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbHjUzzeZM
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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