… and actress/singer Sarah Brightman
Birthday anniversaries of soprano Emma Luart (1892),
conductors Franz Konwitschny (1901) and Georges Prêtre (1924),
baritone and teacher Martial Singher (1904),
tenors Ferruccio Tagliavini (1913)
and Horst Hiestermann (1934),
stage director Giorgio Strehler (1921),
and composer William Flanagan (1923)
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.
