Born on this day in 1929 baritone Eberhard Waechter. Born on this day in 1879 composer Ottorino Respighi.Born on this day in 1882 composer and conductor Richard Hageman.Born on this day in 1915 composer David Diamond.Born on this day in 1933 mezzo-soprano Erzsébet Komlóssy.Happy 79th birthday painter and designer David Hockney.Happy 78th birthday tenor Giorgio Lamberti.Happy 76th birthday tenor Manfred Jung.Born on this day in 1940 tenor János B Nagy.Happy 75th birthday baritone Timothy Nolen.
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Born on this day in 1929 baritone Eberhard Waechter.
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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.