On this day in 1951 the International Cheese treaty was signed.
Born on this day in 1771 composer Ferdinando PaerBorn on this day in 1892 soprano Valeriya Vladimirovna BarsovaBorn on this day administrator and record producer Walter LeggeHappy 74th birthday conductor Edo De WaartHappy 70th birthday mezzo-soprano Frederica Von Stade
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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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.
