Born on this day in 1841 composer Antonín Dvorak
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Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Gustavo E Campa (1863), Hans Ulrich Engelmann (1921), and Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), and composer and festival director Eric Salzman (1933)
Happy 95th birthday conductor Christoph von Dohnányi
Happy 76th birthday soprano Veronika Kincses
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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