“Spare me your anatomy!”
Happy 76th birthday to actor, director, producer, and screenwriter John Waters.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jol69pIOdA&start=3
Happy 87th birthday mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaQBJIpDxg
Birthday anniversaries of playwright and novelist Henry Fielding (1707), composer Juan Vert (1890), contralto Kathleen Ferrier (1912) and bass-baritone Franz Mazura (1924).
WindyCityOperaman
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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