“Are you getting paid?”
Born on this day in 1925 actress and songstress Dorothy Loudon.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0Dg9gwNhA
Born on this day in 1904 choreographer Frederick Ashton.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maw5XB7ptD0
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).
Happy 71st birthday bass John-Paul Bogart.
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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