Born on this day composer Léo Delibes (1836) and soprano Maria Nezadal (1897)
Happy 84th birthday tenor Heinz Zednik
Happy 79th birthdays soprano Lisbeth Balslev and baritone John Bröcheler
Let the more loving one be me
Born on this day in 1907 librettist and poet W. H. Auden
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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Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
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.
