Handel‘s Alcina (London, 1735)…
…Meyerbeer‘s Le prophète (Paris, 1849)…
…and Gounod‘s Sapho (Paris, 1851)
Happy 82nd birthday baritone Leo Nucci
Birthday anniversaries of playwright John Millington Synge (1871),
mezzo-soprano Constance Shacklock (1913)
contralto Carol Brice (1918)
and soprano Marie Collier (1927)
Happy 80th birthday conductor Dennis Russell Davies
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.
