Born on this day in 1921 actor Louis Jourdan.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyksLrOjhfQ
Happy 85th birthday soprano Marisa Galvany.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-VqVnWtz4
Birthday anniversaries of composer Carl Zeller (1842), composer Alfredo Catalani (1854); sopranos Mária Gyurkovics (1913) and Anneliese Rothenberger (1924).
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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