Wind’s in the east, mist coming in
On this day in 1964 Walt Disney‘s musical film Mary Poppins premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
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Happy 74th birthday Irish mezzo-soprano (not Canadian pop singer) Ann Murray.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkt64kycWS0
Birthday anniversaries of heldentenor Erik Schmedes (1866), bass Alexander Pavlovich Ognivtsev (1920) and soprano Nicoletta Panni (1933).
Happy 64th birthday conductor Sian Edwards.
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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