Birthday anniversaries of soprano Margaret Burke Sheridan (1889) and mezzo-sopranos Bruna Castagna (1905) and Oralia Dominguez (1925).
On this day in 1951, the TV series I Love Lucy premiered.
Some people ain’t me!
Happy 84th birthday actress Linda Lavin.
On this day in 1976 soprano Hildegard Behrens made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Giorgetta in Il trittico! Tenor Neil Shicoff made his debut as Rinuccio.
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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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