Our dancing daughter
Born on this day in 1910 actress Anita Page.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9eJkNDfVQ
“If I’d known my films were going to be watched again by a whole new audience,I’d have acted a whole lot better!” — Anita Page
Happy 63rd birthday soprano Deborah Voigt.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77QLttmxNAg
Birthday anniversaries of composer Italo Montemezzi (1875), librettist Béla Balázs (1884), conductor Kurt Eichhorn (1908), composer William Schuman (1910), tenor Jess Thomas (1927), soprano Gabriella Tucci (1929), director Götz Friedrich (1930) and baritone Victor Braun (1935).
Happy 76th birthdays to mezzo-soprano Alicia Nafé and baritone and conductor Peter Knapp.
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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