Born on this day in 1867 conductor Arturo Toscanini
Happy 77th birthday soprano Gabriela Benackova
Birthday anniversaries of composers Béla Bartók (1881) and Julia Perry (1924),
baritones Karl Hammes (1896) and Mario Sereni (1928),
conductor and composer Pierre Boulez (1925),
and conductor Zdenek Kosler (1928)
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.
