On This Day

Fly me to the moon

Happy birthday tenor Michael Fabiano.

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Happy birthday countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.

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Happy 74th birthday soprano Dame Felicity Lott.

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Born on this day in 1930 soprano Heather Harper.

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Birthday anniversaries of composer and arranger Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1892), bass Mihaly Szekely (1901), mezzo-soprano Maria von Ilosvay (1917). tenor Carlo Cossutta (1932) and conductor Elio Boncompagni (1933).

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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