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Happy 43rd birthday to Broadway’s Laura Benanti.

Birthday anniversaries of lyricist Dorothy Fields (1905); composers Jack Beeson (1921) and Harrison Birtwistle (1934) and guitarist/lutenist Julian Bream (1933)

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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