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Happy 64th birthday conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Birthday anniversary of composer John Gay (1685).Happy Pride Month to tenorissimo Michael Fabiano.Troubles fly away
Born on this day in 1917 actress Susan Hayward.
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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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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.
