Happy 67th birthday bass Ferruccio Furlanetto. Born on this day in 1891 tenor Richard Tauber.Born on this day in 1902 tenor Jan Kiepura.Born on this day in 1912 conductor Felix Prohaska.Born on this day in 1922 conductor Otmar Suitner.
Happy birthday to that dearest of all friends of parterre box Richard Lynn.
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.
