Happy Pride Month to conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Born on this day in 1922 actress Eleanor Parker.
Born on this day in 1916 baritone Giuseppe Taddei.Born on this day in 1933 conductor Claudio Abbado.Birthday anniversaries of tenors Richard Crooks (1900), Hugues Cuénod (1902), Hans Beirer (1911) and Wolfgang Windgassen (1914).
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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.
