On This Day

Let the more loving one be me

Born on this day in 1907 librettist and poet W. H. Auden

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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

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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