Birthday anniversaries of conductor/composers Leopoldo Mugnone (1858) and Georg Vollerthun (1876); conductors Franco Capuana (1894) and Martin Turnovsky (1928) and tenor Josef Traxel (1916).

Born on this day in 1942 and singer and actress Madeline Kahn.

Happy 93rd birthday tenor Harry Theyard.

Happy 92nd birthday conductor Richard Bonynge.

Happy 77th birthday soprano Lella Cuberli.

Happy 72nd birthday countertenor Andrew Dalton.

Happy 41st birthday tenor Stephen Costello.

Photo: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera

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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