Happy birthday critic and lecturer Mark Berry. On this day in 1791 Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague.Born on this day in 1855 composer Ferdinand Hummel.Born on this day in 1891 baritone John Charles Thomas.Happy 60th birthday baritone Omar Ebrahim.Happy 58th birthday soprano Cynthia Haymon.Photograh of Dr. Berry via Facebook
He’s so Boulezian
Happy birthday critic and lecturer Mark Berry.
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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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