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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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
Born on this day in 1904 choreographer and opera director Margarethe Wallmann
Happy 66th birthday mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore
Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach
Born on this day in 1952 tenor Jerry Hadley
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