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Happy 64th birthday soprano Deborah Voigt

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Birthday anniversaries of composer Italo Montemezzi (1875),
librettist Béla Balázs (1884),
conductor Kurt Eichhorn (1908),
composer William Schuman (1910),
tenor Jess Thomas (1927),
soprano Gabriella Tucci (1929),
director Götz Friedrich (1930),
and baritone Victor Braun (1935)

Happy 77th birthdays to mezzo-soprano Alicia Nafé
and baritone and conductor Peter Knapp

Happy 69th birthday tenor Guy De Mey

Photo: Peter Ross

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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