Birthday anniversaries of novelist Walter Scott (1771); composers Harold Fraser-Simson (1872), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Jacques Ibert (1890) and Lukas Foss (1922); tenor Ettore Parmeggiani (1895); sopranos Elsie Morison (1924), Rita Hunter (1933) and Rita Shane (1936).
“I was unbelievably lucky”
Born on this day in 1912 actress Wendy Hiller.
Happy 66th birthday tenor Bruce Ford.Happy 97th birthday baritone Robert Massard.Happy 79th birthday mezzo-soprano Hanna Schwarz.
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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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