We’re not meant to be perfect
Happy 83rd birthday to actress, political activist and environmentalist Jane Fonda.
On this day in 1921 Jerome Kern’s Sally was produced by Ziegfeld on Broadway.Happy 76th birthday conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas.Birthday anniversaries of bass Ernst Wiemann (1919), baritone Giangiacomo Guelfi (1924), tenor Bruno Prevedi (1928) and conductor Christopher Keene (1946).
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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