Happy 84th birthday conductor Nicholas Braithwaite.
Happy birthday to bass Patrick Guetti and bass-baritone Stefano de Peppo.
A new step every day
On this day in 1951 the musical film An American in Paris premiered in London.
Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn.Birthday anniversaries of tenor Gino Sinimberghi (1913), conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923) and mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew (1941).
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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.