Happy 84th birthday soprano Olivia Stapp
Happy 53rd birthday soprano Diana Damrau
On this day in 1817 Rossini‘s La gazza ladra premiered in Milan
Birthday anniversaries of composer Marin Marais (1656)
conductor Louis Fourestier (1892),
mezzo-soprano Edith Coates (1908),
countertenor Alfred Deller (1912),
and soprano Florence Quartararo (1922)
Happy 75th birthdays to bass-baritone Alfred Muff
Happy 78th birthday soprano Nancy Shade
Happy 69th birthday composer Bruce Adolphe
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.
