Born on this day in 1917 lyricist and performer Betty Comden.
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Born on this day in 1844 impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte.
Born on this day in 1903 singer and actor Bing Crosby.Born on this day in 1910 composer and conductor Alceo Galliera.Born on this day in 1916 tenor Léopold Simoneau.On this day in 1960 Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt‘s The Fantasticks premiered at Greenwich Village’s Sullivan Street Playhouse.
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.
