On this day in 1982 Maury Yeston‘s Nine opened on Broadway
On this day in 1994 Stephen Sondheim‘s Passion opened on Broadway
Birthday anniversaries of composer Giovanni Paisiello (1740),
librettist Luigi Illica (1857),
conductor Carlo Maria Giulini (1914),
and tenor and director Nigel Douglas (1929)
Happy 85th birthday baritone Giorgio Zancanaro
Happy 84th birthday tenor Ramon Remedios
Happy 72nd birthday mezzo-soprano Linda Finnie
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.
