Happy New Year’s Eve, cher public, and be sure to return to parterre this evening at 6:25 for a discussion of the Met broadcast of Tosca. Born on this day in 1905 composer Jule StyneBorn on this day in 1908 baritone Marko RothmüllerHappy 81st birthday mezzo-soprano Eva RandováHappy 59th birthday conductor Graeme Jenkins
Let’s make the new year far from a blue year
Happy New Year’s Eve, cher public!
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.
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