Born on this day in 1915 singer Edith Piaf
Born on this day composers Giuseppe Giordani (1751)
and Walter Braunfels (1882)
conductor Fritz Reiner (1888)
soprano and Glyndebourne founder Audrey Mildmay (1900)
soprano Dusolina Giannini (1902)
and baritone Sanford Sylvan (1953)
Happy 79th birthday conductor William Christie
Happy 74th birthday baritone Russell Smythe
Happy 71st birthday mezzo Jane Bunnell
Happy 66th birthday baritone Olaf Bär
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.
