Born on this day in 1910 tenor Peter Pears.
Born on this day in 1904 choreographer and opera director Margarita Wallmann.Happy Pride Month to tenor Nicholas Phan.“Pain and danger and fear”
Happy 90th birthday to actress Prunella Scales.
“The charming sitcom is all very well, but good comedy is based on pain and danger and fear.” — Prunella Scales
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.
