She was lazing around her bedroom
Born on this day in 1943 actress, singer and dancer Anita Morris.
On this day in 1885 W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London.Birthday anniversaries of composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), sopranos Sari Barabas (1918) and Rachel Mathes (1941) and tenor Loren Driscoll (1928).
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.
