Floperetta

Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach…

June 20, 2020

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmD2GELg_V8

… who, as our own Krunoslav would likely remind us, was the “composer” of the 1961 Broadway stinker The Happiest Girl in the World.

httpvh://youtu.be/09q3Ucjz8cw

Birthday anniversaries of soprano Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (1891), conductor and pianist Wilfrid Pelletier (1896) and mezzo-soprano Helene Bouvier (1905).

Forty(!!!) years ago today, the musical film Can’t Stop the Music put the final nail in the coffin of disco.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU21LKlfrmA

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.