His curls are hurly-burly
Happy 55th birthday tenor Jonas Kaufmann
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njs-aQy_89c
Happy 84th birthday soprano Helen Donath
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIET-ynBLf0
Birthday anniversaries of composer Carl Orff (1895),
mezzo-soprano Ebe Stignani (1903),
soprano Ljuba Welitsch (1913),
mezzo-soprano Josephine Veasey (1930),
bass Ian Wallace (1919),
and bass-baritone Gerd Nienstedt (1932)
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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