Happy birthday to director Bartlett Sher.
The lion’s bride
Born on this day in 1899 actress, producer and entrepreneuse Gloria Swanson.
Happy 71st birthday mezzo-soprano/soprano Maria Ewing.Birthday anniversaries of novelist Henry Murger (1822), composers Ruperto Chapí and Vincent d’Indy (both in 1851) and conductor and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927).
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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Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
