“Prima donnas in anything are bad”
Born on this day in 1910 actress Sylvia Sidney.
Born on this day in 1755 castrato and composer Luigi Marchesi.Happy 85th birthday stage director Sonja Frisell.Birthday anniversaries of composer Cecile Chaminade (1857), soprano and actress Odette Florelle (1898), composer André Jolivet (1905) and bass József Gregor (1940).
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.
