Born on this day in 1868 playwright Edmond Rostand, whose play Cyrano de Bergerac was adapted into an opera by Franco Alfano, eventually leading to an abdominal hernia for soprano Patricia Racette.Born on this day in 1697 writer Antoine Francois Prevost.Born on this day in 1866 composer Ferruccio Busoni.Born on this day in 1873 composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.Born on this day in 1892 tenor/baritone Renato Zanelli.Born on this day in 1911 director and administrator Günther Rennert.Born on this day in 1921 composer William Bergsma.Born on this day in 1928 tenor Hermin Esser.
Me muero, me sale una hernia!
Born on this day in 1868 playwright Edmond Rostand.
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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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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.