Birthday anniversaries of composer Thomas Augustine Arne (1710),
writer Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863),
conductor Hans Knappertsbusch (1888),
soprano Helga Pilarczyk (1925),
bass-baritone Zoltán Kelemen (1926),
and tenor Veriano Luchetti (1939)
Happy 89th birthday director John Cox
Happy 87th birthday soprano Elizabeth Vaughan
Happy 65th birthday soprano Catherine Dubosc
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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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.
