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.
Happy 62nd birthday director Francesca Zambello.
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>Happy 64th birthday actor, playwright, cabaret performer, drag legend, raconteur and clothes horse Charles Busch.
Born on this day in 1893 poet, writer, critic and satirist Dorothy Parker.
Happy 85th birthday mezzo-soprano Janet Baker.
On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le Comte d’Ory premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1883 designer Coco Chanel.
Born on this day in 1912, 1908, 1905 or perhaps 1900, soprano Miliza Korjus.
Born in Bushwick on this day in 1893 actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian and sex symbol Mae West.
Born on this day in 1879 “The First Lady of the American Theatre,” Ethel Barrymore.
Happy 58th birthdays to soprano Cecilia Gasdia and actress/singer Sarah Brightman.
Happy 83rd birthday Opernregisseur Harry Kupfer.
Happy 66th birthday soprano Ashley Putnam.
Happy 59th birthday soprano Maria Guleghina.
Born on this day in 1755 castrato and composer Luigi Marchesi.
Born on this day in 1911 actress and bass-baritone Lucille Ball.
Born on this day in 1890 conductor Erich Kleiber.
Happy 58th birthday soprano Deborah Voigt.
Happy 58th birthday baritone Simon Keenlyside.
Happy 81st birthday soprano Gundula Janowitz.
Happy 55th birthday mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina.
Happy 77th birthday conductor Riccardo Muti.
