Happy 66th birthday opera director Peter Sellars
Birthday anniversaries of composers Cyril Scott (1879) and Vincent Youmans (1898) and musicologist Philip Gossett (1941)
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Josephine Barstow
Happy 72nd birthday tenor Peter Dvorsky
Happy 71st birthday tenor Chris Merritt
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.
