Born on this day in 1909 soprano Licia Albanese. Birthday anniversaries of librettist, poet and politician Carlo Pepoli (1796), composer Luigi Arditi (1822), conductor Hans Rosbaud (1895) and mezzo-soprano Ann Howard (1936).
Happy 72nd birthday singer Mirelle Mathieu (72) and mezzo-soprano Sandra Browne (71).
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.
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.
