On this day in 1927 the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre, to run 572 performances. Born on this day in 1892 soprano and teacher Elvira de HidalgoBorn on this day in 1897 soprano Augusta OltrabellaBorn on this day in 1901 actress Marlene DietrichBorn on this day in 1909 tenor Charles HollandHappy 73rd birthday director Giancarlo Del Monaco;
Happy 69th birthday soprano Janet Perry;
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.
