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Happy 100th birthday actress Patricia Morison. Born on this day in 1661 composer Francesco GaspariniBorn on this day in 1801 librettist Salvadore CammaranoBorn on this day in 1872 impresario Sergey Pavlovich DyagilevBorn on this day in 1898 baritone Armando BorgioliBorn on this day in 1911 tenor Erich WitteBorn on this day in 1912 lyricist and librettist Hugh Callingham WheelerBorn on this day in 1915 mezzo-soprano Nancy EvansBorn on this day in 1921 baritone Robert McFerrinBorn on this day in 1930 bass Boris Timofeyevich ShtokolovBorn on this day in 1939 baritone Hermann BechtHappy 69th (72nd?) birthday soprano Diana SovieroHappy 71st birthday soprano Eugenia MoldoveanuHappy 66th birthday mezzo-soprano Carolyn Watkinson
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.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.