On This Day

Licht und Tag

Born on this day in 1887 soprano Maria Jeritza

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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Jenny Lind (1820)
mezzo-soprano Julia Culp (1880)
and composers Karol Szymanowski (1882)
and Udo Zimmermann (1943)

Happy 88th birthdays tenor Vasile Moldoveanu
and conductor Leopold Hager

Happy 73rd birthday tenor Keith Lewis

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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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