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Happy 90th birthday actress Angela Lansbury. Born on this day in 1854 writer Oscar WildeBorn on this day in 1888 playwright Eugene O’NeillBorn on this day in 1913 bass Guus HoekmanBorn on this day in 1913 baritone Gino BechiHappy 85th birthday conductor James LockhartBorn on this day in 1932 or 1930 mezzo-soprano Margreta ElkinsBorn on this day in 1932 conductor Henry LewisHappy 53rd birthday baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky
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.