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 1922 actress Eleanor Parker.
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On this day in 1979 the legendary Broadway flop Got Tu Go Disco (a musical about a disco-hating saleswoman who becomes the queen of her local dance club) opened at the Minskoff Theater, closing a week later.
Born on this day in 1942, actress and producer Michele Lee.
Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse.
Born on this day in 1949 actress Meryl Streep.
Born on this day in 1921 actress and singer Jane Russell.
Born on this day in 1911 actress and television producer Gail Patrick.
Born on this day in 1921 actor Louis Jourdan.
Born on this day in 1903 actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald.
Happy 90th birthday mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn.
Born on this day in 1899 soprano Helen Traubel.
Born on this day in 1929 composer Seymour Kaufman (better known as Cy Coleman).
Born on this day in 1926 funnyman Paul Lynde.
On this day in 1963 the spectacular and troubled film Cleopatra finally premiered.
Born on this day in 1913 mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens.
Born on this day in 1891 composer Cole Porter.
Happy 81st birthday to songstress Nancy Sinatra.
Born on this day in 1924 actress and singer Dolores Gray.
Born on this day in 1912, actress Maria Montez.
Happy 56th birthday soprano Sandrine Piau.
Born on this day in 1913 journalist and panelist Dorothy Kilgallen.
On this day in 1969 Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli opened the Met’s June Festival in Tosca.
Born on this day in 1926 Marilyn Monroe.
Born on this day in 1879 (or, if you ask her, 1883) soprano Frances Alda.
