Happy 73rd birthday soprano Luciana Serra. Happy 63rd birthday soprano Joan Rodgers.
Happy birthday to composer Daron Hagen.
Photo by Mikolaj Mikolajczyk
Not the marrying kind
Happy 47th birthday baritone Mariusz Kwiecien.
In 1961 soprano Phyllis Curtin debuted at the Met as Fiordiligi…and in 1976 tenor René Kollo bowed as Lohengrin.On this day in 1890 Borodin’s Prince Igor premiered in St Petersburg.
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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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