Happy 73rd birthday to Broadway legend Patti LuPone.
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Born on this day in 1911 baritone Leonard Warren.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Randall Thompson (1899), conductor and composer Bruno Maderna (1920) and bass-baritone Bengt Rundgren (1931).
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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