Birthday anniversaries of composer Roger Quilter (1877)
conductor Eugen Jochum (1902)
and baritones Ernest Blanc (1923)
and Giampietro Mastromei (19320
Happy 68th birthday countertenor Drew Minter
On this day in 1952 the Johnny Mercer musical Top Banana opened on Broadway
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.
