On This Day

Her infinite variety

Happy 80th birthday to triple threat Lola Falana.

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Happy 55th birthday Harry Connick Jr.

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Birthday anniversaries of poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524); composers William Boyce (1711), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Ignaz Lachner (1807) and Harry Somers (1925); writer D H Lawrence (1885); baritone Tiyt Kuusik (1911); tenor Gösta Björling (1912) and bass Clfford Grant (1930).

Happy 97th birthday lyricist Alan Bergman.

Happy 87th birthday composer Avro Pärt.

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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