Happy 89th birthday mezzo-soprano Alexandrina Milcheva
Happy 76th birthday tenor Neil Rosenshein
Happy 68th birthday scientist Bill Nye
Experimental pros
On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London
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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Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!