On this day in 1791 Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUAAjAI5fA
Born on this day in 1855 composer Ferdinand HummelBorn on this day in 1891 baritone John Charles ThomasHappy 59th birthday baritone Omar EbrahimHappy 57th birthday soprano Cynthia Haymon
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.
