Born on this day in 1941 soprano Ghena Dimitrova. Born on this day in 1898 conductor Jascha Horenstein.Born on this day in 1924 soprano Mimi Benzell.Happy 86th birthday mezzo-soprano Jane Berbié.Happy 75th birthday baritone and teacher Richard Stilwell.Happy 57th birthday soprano Phyllis Treigle.The cher public are invited to post YouTube clips of Mme. Dimitrova at her most leonine and/or pachydermatous.
“On the stage, I am a lion, an elephant”
The cher public are invited to post YouTube clips of Mme. Dimitrova at her most leonine and/or pachydermatous.
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.
