You know what they all said: “At this rate, she’ll never make it to 50.” But they were wrong, weren’t they?
Happy 50th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu! Born on this day in 1726 composer François-André Danican PhilidorBorn on this day in 1900 soprano Joan CrossHappy 75th birthday tenor Giuseppe GiacominiHappy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Eirian JamesHappy 55th birthday tenor Uwe HeilmannAnd a very Happy Labor/Labour Day US and Canadian Paterrians!
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.
