Born on this day in 1901 authoress Barbara Cartland.
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Born on this day in 1929 baritone Eberhard Waechter.
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Happy 85th birthday painter and designer David Hockney.
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Ottorino Respighi (1879), Richard Hageman (1882)
and David Diamond (1915); mezzo-soprano Erzsébet Komlóssy (1933); tenors Manfred Jung and János B Nagy (both in 1940).
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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