On this day in 1930 a cabaret singer named Ethel Merman made her vaudeville debut.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkF3Qp44NdE
Said Variety, “She is a good looking girl with a fair enough voice that might carry much further with special stuff.”
Born on this day in 1929 baritone Eberhard Waechter.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHHEFz9Qzjg
Happy 83rd birthday painter and designer David Hockney.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAx_aYGmpoM
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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