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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On this day in 1838 Berlioz‘s Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague
Born on this day in 1910 singer and actress Kitty Carlisle Hart
Born on this day in 1919 dancer Marge Champion
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
Happy 75th birthday Irish mezzo-soprano (not Canadian pop singer) Ann Murray
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein
Happy 68th birthday director and administrator Francesca Zambello
On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le comte Ory premiered in Paris
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