Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Today is the 80th anniversary of the release of The Wizard of Oz.Happy 79th birthday bass-baritone José Van Dam.Happy 60th birthday soprano Ruth Ann Swenson.Happy birthday to soprano Karen Foster.
By Lenny means necessary
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
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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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.
