Happy 85th birthday soprano Valerie Masterson.
Happy 66th birthday soprano Lynne Dawson.
Happy Pride Month to transgender baritone Lucia Lucas.
Creole goddess
Born on this day in 1906 actress, singer, dancer and Résistance operative Josephine Baker.
Happy 57th birthday baritone Peter Mattei.Birthday anniversaries of composer Charles Lecocq (1832), tenors Jan Peerce (1904) and Alessandro Ziliani (1906), soprano Ina Souez (1908) and bass-baritone Alois Pernerstorfer (1912).
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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