On this day in 1609 navigator Henry Hudson became the first European to discover the island of Manhattan.  

Born on this day in 1858 librettist Adelheid Wette

Born on this day in 1892 composer Darius Milhaud

Born on this day in 1915 tenor Rudolf Schock

Happy 64th birthday mezzo-soprano Delores Ziegler

Happy 51st birthday bass René Pape

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Call for submissions: parterre box‘s new Talk of the Town

parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.

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parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.

From parterre box