On this day in 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York City, the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. Born on this day in 1931 soprano Yevgeniya MiroshnichenkoHappy 83rd birthday soprano Mimi CoertseHappy 82nd birthday director John Copley
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Happy 63rd birthday composer and conductor Oliver Knussen
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.
