httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOeHNpm_3o
Birthday anniversaries of playwright and novelist Henry Fielding (1707). composer Juan Vert (1890), contralto Kathleen Ferrier (1912) and bass-baritone Franz Mazura (1924).
One from the vaults
Happy 86th birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.
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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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