Born on this day in 1878 composer and performer George M Cohan. Born on this day in 1854 composer Leos Janacek.Born on this day in 1890 bass Josef von Manowarda.Born on this day in 1903 opera administrator David Webster.Born on this day in 1922 bass David Ward.Born on this day in 1927 director Ken Russell.Born on this day in 1930 conductor Carlos Kleiber.Happy 77th birthday mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender.Born on this day in 1940 mezzo-soprano Bernadette Greevy.
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Born on this day in 1878 composer and performer George M Cohan.
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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.
