Happy Thanksgiving to the US contingent of the cher public!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqDYF23aOhQ
Happy 79th birthday mezzo-soprano Susanne Marsee.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1EM9h49Ycs
Born on this day cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922), Broadway’s Robert Goulet (1933), tenor Gerhard Unger (1916) and soprano Hildegard Hillebrecht (1925).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohKVt7NJ9o&start=79
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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