… and in 1950, Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul
Birthday anniversaries of composer Nicola Vaccai (1790),
sopranos Rose Pauly (1894) and Antonietta Stella (1929),
tenors Kurt Baum (1900) and Mirto Picchi (1915)
Happy 70th birthday soprano Isobel Buchanan
Happy 69th birthday baritone Mikael Melbye
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.
