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Born on this day in 1922 author and editor Helen Gurley Brown. Born on this day in 1926 mezzo-soprano Rita Gorr.Happy 84th birthday soprano Elly Ameling.Happy 83rd birthday conductor Aldo Ceccato.Happy 78th birthday condcutor Marek Janowski.Born on this day in 1939 soprano Angeles Gulin.Our friends at Opera Depot offer a 50% discount on all recordings of Mme. Gorr for the next week.
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.
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.
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.