Born on this day in 1943 soprano Elena Souliotis
Birthday anniversaries composers Thomas Moore (1779), Léon Vasseur (1844), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), José Padilla (1889), György Ligeti (1923), and Peter Westergaard (1931),
baritone Sándor Svéd (1904),
conductor Nicola Rescigno (1916),
opera record and video producer John Culshaw (1924),
and bass Richard Van Allan (1935)
Happy 89th birthday soprano Franca Fabbri
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.
