Happy 49th birthday singer Michael Buble
Birthday anniversaries of opera and stage director Max Reinhardt (1873), soprano Miriam Licette (1892), director and designer Filippo Sanjust (1925), baritone William Dooley (1932), conductor Richard Divall (1945), and mezzo-soprano Sona Cervená (1925)
Happy 88th birthday soprano Ute Vinzing
Happy 74th birthday conductor Adam Fischer
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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