Birthday anniversaries of composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876) and Morton Feldman (1926), baritones Julius Huehn (1904), Theodor Uppman (1920) and Vicente Sardinero (1937), conductor Leopold Ludwig (1908), and mezzo-soprano Anne Howells (1941).

Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera

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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