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Friday, July 11, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: July 11 (Boyd, Gedda, Prey)

1949 - Liona Boyd, London, England; guitarist

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Liona Boyd in concert



1925 - Nicolai Gedda, Stockholm, Sweden; opera tenor

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Nicolai Gedda as Chapelau (singing in German) in Adolph Adam's Le postillon de Lonjumeau



1929 - Hermann Prey, Berlin, Germany; opera bass-baritone

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Hermann Prey as Don Carlo singing in German "Son Pereda" from Verdi's La Forza del Destino

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