Birthday anniversaries of composer Gaspare Spontini (1774), tenor Kálmán Pataky (1896), composer Aaron Copland (1900), librettist Eric Crozier (1914), contralto Jean Madeira (1918) and soprano Lisa Otto (1919).

Happy 80th birthday to electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos.

The cher public are invited to share memories and videos of La Rysanek.

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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