Born on this day in 1879 composer Rudolf Friml
Birthday anniversaries of composer Ernst Toch (1887)
mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Höngen (1906)
and contralto Helen Watts (1927)
Happy 75th birthday baritone Frederick Burchinal
Happy 73rd birthday mezzo-soprano Kathleen Kuhlmann
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.
