Born on this day in 1925 soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHgYDC80Jw
… and tenor Nicolai Gedda
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q-1jiHePXc
Born on this day in 1929 baritone Hermann Prey
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3BthgYwbIU
Birthday anniversaries of composer Reveriano Soutullo (1884),
sopranos Ludmila Dvorakova (1923),
and Jeanette Pilou (1937)
Happy 63rd birthday bass Alastair Miles
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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