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Happy 65th birthday baritone Alessandro Corbelli. Born on this day in 1874 composer Gustav Holst.Born on this day in 1922 baritone Vladimir Ruzdjak.Happy 75th birthday soprano Jill Gomez.Happy 74th birthday tenor Werner Krenn.Happy 67th birthday mezzo-soprano Gail V Gilmore.Happy 60th birthday soprano Nina Rautio.
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.
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.
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.