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.
On this day in 1782 Mozart‘s Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna
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Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
Happy 44th birthday to Broadway’s Laura Benanti
Born on this day in 1918 director and screenwriter Ingmar Bergman
Born on this day in 1925 soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs…
Born on this day in 1889 writer, filmmaker and designer Jean Cocteau
Happy Independence Day to 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‘s Arabella premiered in Dresden
Born on this day in 1914 conductor and composer Rafael Kubelík
Born on this day in 1916 baritone Giuseppe Taddei
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera’s first Met in the Parks performance in Crocheron Park, Bayside, Queens
Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse
