Born on this day in 1928 singer Rosemary Clooney.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NZs8Frsa6I?t=10
Happy 85th birthday soprano Ingeborg Hallstein.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoPsHWPIxp0
Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Rosa Raisa (1893) and Ilva Ligabue (1932); baritones Heinrich Rehkemper (1894) and Horst Günter (1913).
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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