Happy Pride Month to countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and performer Justin Vivian Bond.
“I was never an ingenue”
Happy 74th birthday to actress and occasional songstress Kathy Bates.
Born on this day in 1902 composer Richard Rodgers and Happy 67th birthday baritone Thomas Hampson.On this day in 1841 Adolphe Adam’s ballet Giselle premiered in Paris.Birthday anniversaries of composer Oley Speaks (1874) and conductor Sergiu Celibidache (1912).
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.