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.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHZpjCDIEzY
“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
Born on this day in 1900 composer Ernst Krenek.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_kxS8n05M
Happy 84th birthday soprano Celestina Casapietra.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0szC88Lqvgc
Born on this day in 1904 soprano Stella Roman.
httpvh://youtu.be/rp2YcPDR0Dc
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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