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.
Born on this day in 1887 singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality Sophie Tucker.
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Born on this day in 1899 actress, producer, director, translator, writer and teacher Eva Le Gallienne.
Happy 66th birthday tenor Rockwell Blake.
Happy 60th birthday soprano/mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier.
Happy 80th birthday songstress and diva Dame Shirley Bassey.
On this day in 1893 Hermann Sudermann‘s Heimat premiered in Berlin.
Born on this day in 1928 actress and model Capucine.
Born on this day in 1863 theatre and opera producer Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky.
Happy 80th birthday soprano/mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry.
Born on this day in 1905 actress Anna May Wong.
Happy 55th birthday film director, screenwriter, and producer Todd Haynes.
Born on this day in 1894 actress Pola Negri.
On this day in 1954 the Harold Arlen–Truman Capote musical House of Flowers opened on Broadway.
Happy 80th birthday actress Mary Tyler Moore.
Happy 50th birthday tenor Piotr Beczala.
On this day in 1830 Donizetti’s Anna Bolena premiered in Milan.
On this night in 1951 Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors premiered on television.
Happy 70th birthday soprano Edita Gruberova (with music for the holidays.)
Born on this day in 1858 composer Giacomo Puccini.
On this day in 1921 Jerome Kern’s Sally starring Marilyn Miller was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld on Broadway.
On this day in 1981 Harry Krieger and Tom Eyen‘s musical Dreamgirls opened at the Imperial Theater.
