On this day in 1957 (and last) edition of the Ziegfeld Follies opened at the Winter Garden, to run 123 performances.
Born on this day in 1896 conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Happy 92nd birthday soprano Lucine AmaraHappy 69th birthday bass-baritone Ian Caddy
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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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.
