On This Day

Good times and bum times

Born 100 years ago today actress and singer Yvonne De Carlo.

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Happy 87th birthday conductor Seiji Ozawa.

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Birthday anniversaries of “one hit wonder” composer Johann Pachelbel (1653), dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), composer (not pop singer) Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), conductor Tullio Serafin (1878), tenor Aksel Schiotz (1906) and baritone Kostas Paskalis (1929).

Happy 88th birthday soprano Orianna Santunione.

Happy 83rd birthday bass Roger Soyer.

Happy 81st birthday soprano Julia Varady.

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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