“Why do people have to love people anyway?”
On this day in 1960 the film The Apartment premiered in New York City.
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Born on this day in 1843 composer Edvard Grieg.
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Happy 60th birthday soprano Andrea Rost.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer and arranger/orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett (1894); sopranos Mary Ellis (1897) and Adele Leigh (1928); conductor Max Rudolf (1902); bass Oscar Natzka (1912)
and director and administrator Lotfi Mansouri (1929).
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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