Song of my homeland
Born on this day in 1910 actress Ilona Massey.
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Born on this day in 1952 tenor Jerry Hadley.
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On this day in 1961 premier danseur Rudolf Nureyev defected from the (then) Soviet Union to the west via Paris.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUYPHIG8os8
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Armand Tokatyan (1894), sopranos Helen Traubel (1899) and Gladys Kuchta (1923), conductors Willi Boskovsky (1909) Henryk Czyz (1923) and Sergiu Comissiona (1928) and composer Lucia Dlugoszewski (1934).
Happy Pride Month to New York Times classical music critic Zachary Woolfe.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjCnR2eAAo
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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