Happy 54th birthday mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WvYa1rH2ns
Birthday anniversaries of bass-baritone Joel Berglund (1903), tenor Anton Dermota (1910), baritone Robert Merrill (1917), bass Manfred Jungwirth (1919). mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri (1920) and tenor Ivo Zídek (1926).
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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