“I will never fail”
Born on this day in 1908 actress, dancer and singer Lupe Vélez.
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Happy 57th birthday mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova.
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On this day in 1791 Cherubini’s Lodoiska premiered in Paris.
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Birthday anniversaries of composer Giovanni Bononcini (1670); mezzo-soprano and composer Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821)l conductors Kurt Masur and Carlo Franci (both 1927); and baritone Yury Mazurok (1931).
Happy 68th birthday composer Tobias Picker.
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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