Born on this day in 1956 actress Kim Cattrall.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WOt1f56bU
Happy 88th birthday mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-02nTgtcr_U
On this day in 1986 the Charles Strouse / Stephen Schwartz / Teresa Stratas musical Rags opened on Broadway and closed after four performances.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMj32FfZBg
Birthday anniversaries of soprano Queena Mario (1896) and mezzo-soprano Miriam Pirazzini (1918).
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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