Birthday anniversaries of composers Heinrich August Marschner (1795), Gabriel Pierné (1863), and Jacinto Guerrero (1895),
baritone Osie Hawkins (1913),
soprano/mezzo-soprano Janis Martin (1939),
and soprano Gianna Rolandi (1952)
Happy 79th birthday soprano Evelyn Mandac
Happy 73rd birthday soprano Sharon Sweet
Happy 69th birthday baritone Alexandru Agache
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.
