Born on this day in 1931 soprano Anita Cerquetti
Born on this day in 1941 soprano Margaret Price
Birthday anniversaries of composer Félicien David (1810)
soprano Gladys Moncrieff (1892),
bass Endre Koréh (1906),
conductor Nino Sanzogno (1911),
and tenor Gianni Raimondi (1923)
Happy 78th birthday mezzo-soprano Della Jones
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.
