Born on this day in 1904 actor Cary Grant. Born on this day in 1841 composer Emmanuel Chabrier.Born on this day in 1903 composer Berthold Goldschmidt.Born on this day in 1907 conductor János Ferencsik.Born on this day in 1914 soprano Marianne Schech.On this day in 1930 Shostakovitch’s The Nose premiered in Leningrad.Happy 71st birthday soprano Katia Ricciarelli.Happy 61st birhtday tenor Christoph Prégardien.
Even I want to be Cary Grant
Born on this day in 1904 actor Cary Grant.
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.
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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.
