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Watcha thinking? Barcellona

Happy 55th birthday mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona

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Happy 82nd birthday bass Samuel Ramey

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Birthday anniversaries of mezzo-soprano Sabine Kalter (1890),
librettist Myfanwy Piper (1911),
soprano Clara Petrella (1914),
baritone Anselmo Colzani (1918)
soprano Hanne-Lore Kuhse and baritone Dmytro Hnatyuk (both in 1925)
and composer Robert Ashley (1930)

Happy 94th birthday contralto Elizabeth BainbridgeHappy 83rd birthday tenor Nicola Martinucci

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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