Happy 61st birthday mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina
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Happy 82nd birthday baritone Bernd Weikl
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu0fO6V601s
Birthday anniversaries of composers Sigmund Romberg (1887) Aarre Merikanto (1893) and Avet Ruben Terteryan (1929),,
bass Ludwig Weber (1899),
conductor Charles Farncombe (1919),
and tenor Peter Schreier (1935)
Happy 66th birthday soprano Alessandra Marc
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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