Happy 71st birthday bass John-Paul Bogart.
“Are you getting paid?”
Born on this day in 1925 actress and songstress Dorothy Loudon.
Born on this day in 1904 choreographer Frederick Ashton.Birthday anniversaries of composers Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Vincenzo Tommasini (1878) and Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht (1880); glass harmonica player Bruno Hoffman (1913); and baritone Roland Hermann (1936).
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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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Celebrate love in all its guises with tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs plus food, cocktails and wine.
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