Happy birthday to director R.B. Schlather.
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Happy 86th birthday baritone Sherrill Milnes.
Happy 74th birthday bass-baritone James Morris.Happy 70th birthday tenor Rockwell Blake.On this day in 1970 mezzo Frederica von Stade and soprano Gail Robinson both made their Metropolitan Opera debuts as two of the Genies in Mozart’s Zauberflöte. (The Third was mezzo Judith Forst.)
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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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