Birthday anniversaries of “one hit wonder” composer Johann Pachelbel (1653),
dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder (1751),
composer (not pop singer) Engelbert Humperdinck (1854),
conductor Tullio Serafin (1878),
tenor Aksel Schiotz (1906),
baritone Kostas Paskalis (1929),
and soprano Orianna Santunione (1934)
Happy 85th birthday bass Roger Soyer
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Julia Varady
And a special happy birthday to friend of the box Dorothy Bishop
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.
