Happy 70th birthday tenor José Carreras. On this day in 1890 the first complete performance of Les Troyens was given in Karlsruhe.
Born on this day in 1898 soprano Grace Moore.
Born on this day in 1911 pianist W?adys?aw Szpilman.Happy 80th birthday soprano Jeanette Scovotti.Happy 56th birthday composer Osvaldo Golijov.Happy 54th birthday tenor José Cura.On this day in 1966 the Harvey Schmidt–Tom Jones two-character musical I Do! I Do! opened on Broadway.
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.
