Baritone day! Born on this day Ettore Bastianini (pictured) and Cornell MacNeil (both in 1922) and Pablo Elvira (in 1938).
The rivals
Born on this day Cornell MacNeil and Ettore Bastianini (both in 1922) and Pablo Elvira (in 1938).
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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Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!