Symphoniste fantastique
Born on this day in 1935 conductor Seiji Ozawa
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.
Forêt through the trees
On this day in 1829 Rossini‘s Guillaume Tell premieres in Paris
Where’s craft?
Born on this day in 1922 soprano/mezzo-soprano/opera director Regina Resnik
Learing eye
Born on this day in 1926 baritone Thomas Stewart
Irish cream
Happy 75th birthday Irish mezzo-soprano (not Canadian pop singer) Ann Murray
Dutch process
Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn
A plan and not quite enough time
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein
I am woman, hear me roar
Happy 68th birthday director and administrator Francesca Zambello
Punct contrapunct
Born on this day in 1900 composer Ernst Krenek
First impressions
Born on this day in 1862 composers Claude Debussy
Hard to be a dame
Happy 91st birthday mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker
The glass ménage à trois
On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le comte Ory premiered in Paris
Elegance is refusal
Born on this day in 1883 designer Coco Chanel
I speak for all mediocrities in the world
Born on this day in 1750 composer Antonio Salieri
Gods and demigods
Born on this day in 1686 composer Nicola Porpora
Sag’ es mir, süßer Freundin!
On this day in 1876 Wagner’s Siegfried premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Ritas and rituals
Happy 68th birthday tenor Bruce Ford
Into the arena
Happy 64th birthdays to soprano Cecilia Gasdia
Music in the air
Happy 76th birthday soprano Kathleen Battle
La femme de l’ombre
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Rjy-zpW7M Born on this day in 1944 tenor Peter Hofmann httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtFBTjwxbjM Birthday anniversaries of tenor Antonio Cortis (1891), mezzo-contralto Maria Olszewska (1892), soprano Trude Eipperle (1910), and opera director Harry Kupfer (1935) Happy 74th birthday soprano Melanie Holliday httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXx-RBWRgI
Broken HIP
Born on this day in 1927 conductor Raymond Leppard
Ah di me che si dirà?
Happy 72nd birthday soprano Ashley Putnam
Dramatic edge
Happy 65th birthday soprano Maria Guleghina
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
