Happy 63rd birthday actress Emma Thompson.
Bond girl
Born on this day in 1947 actress and model Lois chiles.
On this day in 1738 Handel’s Serse premiered in London.Birthday anniversaries of novelist Henry James (1843), composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891), baritone Gerhard Pechner (1903) and tenor Juan Oncina (1921 or 1925).
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.