Happy 60th birthday playwright, actor, film director and (sort of) opera director Robert Lepage.
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Born on this day in 1900 tenor Arthur Carron.
Born on this day in 1906 tenor Ludwig Suthaus.Born on this day in 1915 singer and actor Frank Sinatra.Born on this day in 1921 bass-baritone Toni Blankenheim.Born on this day in 1927 soprano Hanny Steffek.Happy 69th birthday baritone Donald Maxwell.Happy 67th birthday soprano Adelaide Negri.
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.
