On This Day

That same old voodoo

Happy 92nd birthday actress and singer Jane Powell.

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Happy April Fools Day!

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On this day in 2002 the Metropolitan premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s Sly.

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Birthday anniversaries of writer Antoine Francois Prevost (1697); composers Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873) and William Bergsma (1921); tenor/baritone Renato Zanelli (1892); director and administrator Günther Rennert (1911) and tenor Hermin Esser (1928).

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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