On This Day

August company

Born on this day in 1911 actress and comedienne Lucille Ball.

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Happy 75th birthday soprano Faith Esham.

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Birthday anniversaries of mezzo-sopranos Margarete Klose (1902) and Sandra Warfield (1929).

Birthday greetings to Barbara Strozzi, Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, Alfred Tennyson, Paul Claudel, Alexander Fleming, Louella Parsons, Heinrich Schlusnus, Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bates, Frank Finlay, Andy Warhol, Abbey Lincoln, Barbara Windsor, Louise Sorel, Dorian Harewood, Faith Prince, Michelle Yeoh, M. Night Shyamalan, Geri Horner, Vera Farmiga and Soleil Moon Frye.

Happy Birthday and Happy Returns of the Day to Our Own JJ!

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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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