Happy 64th birthday to actress, singer, author and activist Cheryl Lee Ralph.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upgbLzHu5_8
Happy 69th birthday soprano June Anderson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5sGY5aWVE
Born on this day in 1953 director Graham Vick.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRhE4c0Gko
On this day in 1948 Cole Porter‘s Kiss Me Kate opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2GM5bB3IY
On this day in 1954 the Harold Arlen-Truman Capote musical House of Flowers opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu91wObYGBs
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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