On this day in 1948 Verdi’s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera.
Can’t find a kinescope, but this broadcast came a few days after:
Born on this day in 1632 composer Jean-Baptise Lully.Born on this day in 1797 composer Gaetano Donizetti.Born on this day in 1892 tenor Erich Zimmermann.Happy 79th birthday tenor John Brecknock.Happy 74th birthday baritone Philippe Huttenlocher.Happy 70th birthday soprano Carole Farley.
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.
