WindyCityOperaman
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.
Born on this day in 1918 mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom (some sources say 1915)
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Happy 53rd birthday soprano Anna Netrebko
Born on this day in 1904 choreographer Frederick Ashton
Happy 75th birthdays directors Christopher and David Alden
Born on this day in 1945 soprano Jessye Norman
On this day in 1954 Britten‘s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice
Born on this day in 1939 soprano Arleen Augér
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos
On this day in 1838 Berlioz‘s Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy
Born on this day in 1841 composer Antonín Dvorak
Happy 59th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague
Happy 64th birthday soprano Karita Mattila
Happy 60th birthday bass René Pape
Born on this day in 1910 singer and actress Kitty Carlisle Hart
Born on this day in 1919 dancer Marge Champion
Born on this day in 1935 conductor Seiji Ozawa
On this day in 1829 Rossini‘s Guillaume Tell premieres in Paris
Born on this day in 1922 soprano/mezzo-soprano/opera director Regina Resnik
Born on this day in 1926 baritone Thomas Stewart
Happy 75th birthday Irish mezzo-soprano (not Canadian pop singer) Ann Murray
