Born on this day (assumed) in 1564 playwright and poet William Shakespeare. On this day in 1775 Mozart’s Il re pastore premiered in Salzburg.Born on this day in 1857 composer Ruggero Leoncavallo.
You know what Venus did to Adonis
Born on this day (assumed) in 1564 playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
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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.