Happy 84th birthday to actress, political activist, environmentalist, and former fashion model Jane Fonda.
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On this day in 1921 Jerome Kern‘s Sally produced by Ziegfeld on Broadway.
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Happy 77th birthday conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Birthday anniversaries of bass Ernst Wiemann (1919), aritone Giangiacomo Guelfi (1924). tenor Bruno Prevedi (1928) and conductor Christopher Keene (1946).
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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