Born on this day in 1912 tenor/baritone Ramón Vinay. On this day in 1829 Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris..
Born on this day in 1834 composer Amilcare Ponchielli.
Born on this day in 1937 baritone Leif Roar.Happy 56th birthday tenor Neill Archer.
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.
