Born on this day in 1912 conductor Georg Solti
Birthday anniversaries of librettists Michel Carré (1822) and Giuseppe Giacosa (1847)
composer Joseph Canteloube (1879)
tenors John Alexander (1923) and Kenneth Collins (1935)
and soprano Virginia Zeani (1925)
and bass and teacher Richard Crist (1947)
Happy birthday to Parterre tech maven Nick Scholl
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.
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.
