Birthday anniversaries of composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), soprano Patricia Neway (1919), tenor Giuseppe Campora (1923), and writer Truman Capote (1924)
Happy 71st birthday baritone Andrew Shore
I’ll cheer each toot
On this day in 1791 Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte premiered in Vienna
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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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