Born on this day in 1900 composer Ernst Krenek.
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Outside the Thalberg Building
Happy 69 to that infeffable composite of homme de lettres, grande dame, diseuse and monstre sacré we mortals call Charles Busch.
“I don’t think I could ever go to Auschwitz, because when we took that tour of MGM, I nearly collapsed outside the Thalberg building.” — Charles Busch
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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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