Born on this day in 1923 actress Gloria Grahame.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVXu-eqD-z8
Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Helen Jepson (1904) and Rose Bampton (1908).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyYarecPDc
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69d2gS76fA
Happy 72nd birthday soprano Mariana Nicolesco.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1oQ9clCMns
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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