Happy Pride Month to bass Andrea Mastroni.
Transcontinental
On this day in 1883, the Orient Express departed on its maiden journey, from Paris to Vienna.
Happy 57th birthday soprano Sandrine Piau.Birthday anniversaries of composer Ralph Benatzky (1884) and poet and composer Federico García Lorca (1898).
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.