Born on this day in 1920 soprano Vivian Della Chiesa. Born on this day in 1835 composer Camille Saint-Saens.Born on this day in 1899 contralto Mary Jarred.Born on this day in 1900 soprano Marcelle Bunlet.Born on this day in 1919 soprano Irmgard Seefried.Happy 80th birthday soprano Joan Carden.Happy 64th birthday mezzo-soprano Sally Burgess.Happy 54th birthday soprano Christiane Oelze.
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Born on this day in 1920 soprano Vivian Della Chiesa.
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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.