Happy birthdays to sopranos Berit Lindholm (86), Catarina Ligendza (83), Margarita Castro Alberty (73); and tenor Henry Price (75).
Happy birthday to parterre box scribe/pâtissier Christian Ocier.
I don’t count sheep. I count lovers.
Born on this day in 1902 actress Miriam Hopkins.
On this day in 1974 Britten’s Death in Venice had its American Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Tenor Peter Pears and baritone John Shirley-Quirk made their debuts.Birthday anniversaries of composer Baldassare Galuppi (1706), actress and singer Lotte Lenya (1898), conductor Otto Ackermann (1909), tenor Alexander Young (1920), soprano Camilla Williams (1922) and baritone Barry McDaniel (1930).
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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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