On this day in 1965, the first concert was presented in Houston’s Astrodome. (For a $7.50 top, the audience heard Judy Garland with opening act The Supremes.) orn on this day in 1749 composer Domenico Cimarosa;
Born on this day in 1904 composer Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky;
Born on this day in 1928 tenor Seth McCoy
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.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
