Happy 84th birthday soprano Lilian Sukis.
Star of eve
Born on this day in 1901 baritone and film star Nelson Eddy.
Born on this day in 1914 conductor and composer Rafael Kubelík.Birthday anniversaries of baritone Matthieu Ahlersmeyer (1896); composers Frank Loesser (1910) and Bernard Herrmann (1911).Happy 89th birthday soprano Isabel Garcisanz.
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.