In her golden shell
Born on this day in 1917 actress and singer Danielle Darrieux.
On this day in 1989 mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig celebrated her 30th anniversary at the Met with a performance of Fricka.Birthday anniversaries of composer Marco da Gagliano (1582), conductor Gary Bertini (1927) and soprano Ruth Welting (1949).
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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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.