Born on this day in 1889 writer, filmmaker and designer Jean Cocteau. Born on this day in 1916 soprano Gabriella Gatti.Born on this day in 1924 bass Oskar Czerwenka.Born on this day in 1934 baritone Tom Krause.Born on this day in 1940 bass Donald Shanks.Happy 74th birthday bass-baritone and director Angelo Gobbato.Happy 65th birthday soprano Kristine Ciesinski.Happy 56th birthday soprano Isabelle Poulenard.
“Life is a horizontal fall”
Born on this day in 1889 writer, filmmaker and designer Jean Cocteau.
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.
