“I am a stone”
Happy 83rd birthday to actress France Nuyen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd95DaSCCW0
“I am Chinese. I am a stone. I go where I am kicked.” — Proverb, quoted by France Nuyen
Happy 92nd birthday tenor Pedro Lavirgen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8RQRsf8SN4
Birthday anniversaries of composer Robert Planquette (1848), bass Don Garrard (1929), conductor Steuart Bedford (1939) and soprano Deborah Riedel (1958).
Happy 79th birthday soprano Patricia Wise.
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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