Born on this day in 1910 actress Sylvia Sidney.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP6MW0tuaQI
Born on this day in 1755 castrato and composer Luigi Marchesi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLeezViKPQ
Happy 86th birthday stage director Sonja Frisell.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2xnK9zU8vU
Birthday anniversaries of composer Cecile Chaminade (1857), soprano and actress Odette Florelle (1898), composer André Jolivet (1905) and bass József Gregor (1940).
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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