Happy 93rd birthday actor and dreamboat George Maharis.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udKB-JdEXaU
Happy 80th birthday soprano Julia Varady.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NIJ8Ubetg
Happy 86th birthday conductor Seiji Ozawa.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EHeZfr23Ns
Born on this day in 1922 actress and belter Yvonne De Carlo.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBt6aiv4GOc
Happy birthday to cabaret diva Dorothy Bishop.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meD19JhcrOs
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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