Born on this day in 1935 tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J7JM0tGgRY
Happy birthday soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjOseYmPwgI
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre to run 644 performances.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffpP26-81MU
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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