“I am like a bird!”
On this day in 1850 Swedish soprano Jenny Lind made her American debut at the Castle Garden Theatre in New York City.
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Happy 56th birthday Harry Connick Jr.
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Birthday anniversaries of poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524); composers William Boyce (1711), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Ignaz Lachner (1807) and Harry Somers (1925); writer D H Lawrence (1885); baritone Tiyt Kuusik (1911); tenor Gösta Björling (1912) and bass Clifford Grant (1930).
Happy 88th birthday composer Avro Pärt.
Happy birthday tenor David Pomeroy.
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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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