Happy 89th birthday Broadway producer Hal Prince.
Born on this day in 1862 conductor and composer Walter Damrosch.
Born on this day in 1897 bass Georg Hann.Born on this day in 1916 bass-baritone Benno Kusche.Born on this day in 1918 conductor Jaroslav Krombholc.Born on this day in 1928 composer Mitch Leigh.Happy 78th birthday tenor Ernesto Veronelli.Happy 66th birthday soprano Mara Zampieri.Happy 63rd birthday countertenor Jochen Kowalski.
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.
