Happy Pride Month to Heldentenor Brian Smith Walters.
Yours till I die
Born on this day in 1891 composer Cole Porter.
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Ileana Cotrubas.Birthday anniversaries of composers Otto Nicolai (1810), Carl Nielsen (1865) and Charles Wuorinen (1938); baritone Titto Ruffo (1877); tenor Nino Piccaluga (1890) and mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel (1900).
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.
