Happy 60th birthday opera director Peter Sellars. Born on this day in 1879 composer Cyril Scott.Born on this day in 1898 composer Vincent Youmans.Happy 77th birthday soprano Josephine Barstow.Born on this day in 1941 musicologist Philip Gossett.Happy 66th birthday tenor Peter Dvorsky..
Happy 65th birthday tenor Chris Merritt.
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.
