Born on this day in 1937 tenor Franco Bonisolli
On this day in 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan‘s HMS Pinafore premiered in London
Birthday anniversaries of bass-baritone Heinz Rehfuss (1917) and tenor Franco Bonisolli (1937)
Happy 84th birthday soprano Maria Slatinaru
Happy 47th birthday soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska
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.
