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Happy Diamond Jubilee to tenor/baritone/conductor Plácido DomingoBorn on this day in 1775 singer, composer, impresario, and singing teacher Manuel GarcíaOn this day in 1904 Leos Janacek’s Jenufa premiered in BrnoBorn on this day in 1797 librettist Joseph MéryBorn on this day in 1921 contralto Hilde Rössl-Majdan
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.