Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck. Birthday anniversaries of theatre and opera director Tyrone Guthrie (1900), conductor Bryan Balkwill (1922) and baritone György Melis (1923). Happy 74th birthday baritone Christian Johannes Du Plessis and happy 70th birthday conductor Sylvain Cambreling.
“Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age”
Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
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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.
