Happy Labor Day / Labour Day US and Canadian parterrians! Happy 100th birthday dancer Marge Champion.Birthday anniversaries of writer Giovanni Verga (1840), soprano Rosetta Pampanini (1896), bass Wilhelm Strienz (1900) and tenor Set Svanholm (1904).
“Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration”
Happy Labor Day / Labour Day US and Canadian parterrians!
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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