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.
Happy 92nd birthday tenor Nicolai Gedda.
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Happy 47th birthday and get well soon tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
Born on this day in 1929 baritone Eberhard Waechter.
Born on this day in 1939 mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova.
>Happy 58th birthday actress, comedian and screenwriter Jennifer Saunders.
Born on this day in 1889 writer, filmmaker and designer Jean Cocteau.
Happy Independence Day All U.S. Parterrians!
Born on this day in 1878 composer and performer George M Cohan.
Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
On this day in 1933 Richard Strauss’ Arabella premiered in Dresden.
Born on this day in 1685 composer John Gay.
On this day in 1968 “Tip-Toe Thru’ The Tulips With Me” sung by Tiny Tim peaked at #17.
On this day in 1841 Adophe Adam‘s ballet Giselle premiered in Paris.
Happy 29th birthday baritone Jarrett Ott.
n this day in 1970 the movie Myra Breckinridge premiered.
Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse.
Happy birthday to critic Anne Midgette.
On this day in 1868 Richard Wagner‘s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered in Munich.
On this day in 1825 Gioacchino Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L’albergo del giglio d’oro premiered at the Théâtre Italien, Paris.
Happy 73rd birthday soprano Eva Marton!
On this day in 1967 Barbra Streisand‘s A Happening in Central Park, uh, happened in New York.
On this day in 1961 premier danseur Rudolf Nurevey defected from the (then) Soviet Union to the west via Paris.
