Born on this day in 1889 writer, filmmaker and designer Jean Cocteau
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Born on this day in 1934 baritone Tom Krause
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Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Gabriella Gatti (1916) and Kristine Ciesinski (1952)
and basses Oskar Czerwenka (1924) and Donald Shanks (1940)
Happy 81st birthday bass-baritone and director Angelo Gobbato
Happy 63rd birthday soprano Isabelle Poulenard
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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