On this day in 2015, parterre.com was offline for almost five hours due to a server error. La Cieca sends her apologizes for the delay in updating the site.

Born on this day in 1866 composer Erik Satie
Born on this day in 1901 composer Werner Egk
Born on this day in 1902 conductor Fausto Cleva
Born on this day in 1906 soprano Zinka Milanov
Born on this day in 1918 soprano Birgit Nilsson
Happy 91st birthday baritone Gabriel Bacquier
And further apologies for missing yesterday’s “On this Day” posting, for which our doyenne says she can blame only her lousy time management skills.

Born on this day in 1891 tenor Richard Tauber

Born on this day in 1902 tenor Jan Kiepura
Born on this day in 1912 conductor Felix Prohaska
Born on this day in 1922 conductor Otmar Suitner
Happy 66th birthday bass Ferruccio Furlanetto

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.

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