Birthday anniversaries of composer Frederick Loewe (1901) and conductor Bruno Bartoletti (1926).
Diamonds are forever
According to the MGM press office, today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Judy Garland.
(Metro’s “official” age for Judy was a year younger than she actually was. She was born on this day in 1922.)
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.
