Born on this day in1920 mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri
Born on this day in 1917 baritone Robert Merrill
Birthday anniversaries of bass-baritone Joel Berglund (1903),
tenor Anton Dermota (1910),
bass Manfred Jungwirth (1919),
and tenor Ivo Zídek (1926)
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.
