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Happy 67th birthday opera director Peter Sellars

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Happy 84th birthday soprano Josephine Barstow

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Birthday anniversaries of composers Cyril Scott (1879) and Vincent Youmans (1898), and musicologist Philip Gossett (1941)

Happy 73rd birthday tenor Peter Dvorsky
Happy 72nd birthday tenor Chris Merritt

Photo: Salzburg Festival

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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