Born on this day in 1923 musical director and conductor Mort Lindsey. Born on this day in 1905 soprano Hilde Konetzni.Born on this day in 1910 bass-baritone Gustav Neidlinger.Born on this day in 1920 baritone Georg Ots.Happy 92nd birthday director Peter Brook.Happy 82nd birthday tenor and conductor Nigel Rogers.
No more doubt or fear
Born on this day in 1923 musical director and conductor Mort Lindsey.
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.
