On This Day

Something here inside cannot be denied

Born on this day in 1921 actor Dirk Bogarde.

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Happy 79th birthday bass Samuel Ramey.

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Birthday anniversaries of mezzo-soprano Sabine Kalter (1890). librettist Myfanwy Piper (1911), soprano Clara Petrella (1914), baritone Anselmo Colzani (1918). soprano Hanne-Lore Kuhse and baritone Dmytro Hnatyuk (both in 1925) and composer Robert Ashley (1930).

Happy 91st birthday contralto Elizabeth Bainbridge.

Happy 80th birthday tenor Nicola Martinucci.

Happy 52nd birthday mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona.

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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