Questo e Quello

Let’s make the new year far from a blue year

Happy New Year’s Eve, cher public!

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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.

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Born on this day in 1905 composer Jule Styne
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Born on this day in 1908 baritone Marko Rothmüller
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Happy 81st birthday mezzo-soprano Eva Randová
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Happy 59th birthday conductor Graeme Jenkins
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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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