On This Day

Hard to be a dame

Happy 91st birthday mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker

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On this day in 1986 the Charles Strouse/Stephen Schwartz/Teresa Stratas musical Rags opened on Broadway and closed after four performances

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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Queena Mario (1896)
and mezzo-soprano Miriam Pirazzini (1918)

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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