Happy 87th birthday to actress and diseuse Siân Phillips.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIW4Q404Seo
Born on this day in 1957 soprano Daniela Dessì.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMlZIuy2PNw
On this day in 1957 the Bob Merrill musical New Girl in Town opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegLHtpIO-k
Birthday anniversaries of conductor Otto Klemperer (1885), composer Lou Harrison (1917), soprano Patrice Munsel (1925) and bass Ara Berberian (1930).
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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