On This Day

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Happy 57th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.

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Happy 66th birthday Michael Feinstein.

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Birthday anniversaries of composer François-André Danican Philidor (1726), soprano Joan Cross (1900) and tenor Giuseppe Giacomini (1940).

Happy 70th birthday mezzo-soprano Eirian James.

Happy 62nd birthday tenor Uwe Heilmann.

Happy 61st birthday pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

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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