On this day in 1939 Gone with the Wind received its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta. @start=17
Born on this day in 1891 soprano Lotte SchoneBorn on this day in 1911 conductor Wilhelm SchuchterHappy 98th birthday soprano Hilde Zadek (apparently still with us!)Happy 81st birthday soprano Raina Kabaivanska
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.
