Born on this day in 1891 composer Cole Porter.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4fTFy4Frs
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Ileana Cotrubas.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnQz9pOnU2w
Birthday anniversaries of composers Otto Nicolai (1810), Carl Nielsen (1865) and Charles Wuorinen (1938); baritone Titto Ruffo (1877); tenor Nino Piccaluga (1890) and mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel (1900).
Happy Pride Month to Heldentenor Brian Smith Walters.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLI9teUmO8
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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