Happy 88th birthday to actress Kim Novak.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8317VVohgMo
Happy 52nd birthday mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmQQrVskniw
Birthday anniversaries of composers Fernando Sor (1778) and Tomás Barrera (1870), bass Feodor Chaliapin (1873), baritone Otto Wiener (1913) and soprano Eileen Farrell (1920).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0y0EDI0V_M
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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