On this day in 1967 Barbra Streisand‘s A Happening in Central Park took place in New York.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxgEEAa2bB4
Born on this day in 1818 composer Charles-François Gounod.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afwlcYQon9I
Born on this day in 1882 composer Igor Stravinsky.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh41PeFJI7o
Happy 89th birthday mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF8e8iWBeW8
Happy 62nd birthday countertenor Derek Lee Ragin.
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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