“Sing your age”
Happy 61st birthday baritone Simon Keenlyside.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Qq-DeEXhw
Born on this day in 1920 Broadway performer Maria Karnilova, known for hits like Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof, as well as for flops like Two’s Company, Bravo Giovanni, Gigi and Bring Back Birdie.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdU7vMfNwBw&start=253
And happy birthday to parterre box scribe John Yohalem.
Photo: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera
WindyCityOperaman
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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Topics: On This Day
