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.
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Soprano Lynn Spurgat returns to Carnegie Hall
Following a triumphant debut in 2018, soprano Lynn Spurgat returns to Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 7:30 pm with pianist Jason Wirth for a program of beauty, drama and fun! This eclectic program features selections by Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Ginastera and Schoenberg’s Cabaret Songs.
On this day in 1974 the Winter Garden Theatre was evacuated due to a bomb threat.
Happy 48th birthday soprano Anna Netrebko.
Departed this world on this day 42 years ago in Paris.
Born on this day in 1933 actor and director Zoe Caldwell.
Born on this day in 1874 composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos.
Born on this day in 1899 West End, Broadway and film crooner Georges Metaxa.
Born on this day in 1890 fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy.
Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline.
Born on this day in 1937 big-voiced comic actress Joanne Worley.
Happy 59th birthday soprano Karita Mattila.
Happy 55th birthday bass René Pape.
Born on this day in 1910 singer, actress and arts administrator Kitty Carlisle Hart.
Happy Labor Day / Labour Day US and Canadian parterrians!
Happy 78th birthday soprano Julia Varady.
On this day 190 years ago, Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1922 operatic polymath Regina Resnik.
Born on this day in 1862 playwright Maurice Maeterlinck.
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
Happy 70th birthday Canadian pop singer Irish mezzo-soprano Ann Murray.
On this day 1920 in the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect.
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
