On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris. Happy 90th birthday tenor Ragnar Ulfung.Happy 88th birthday bass Joseph Rouleau.Happy 83rd birthday soprano Sylvia Geszty.Happy 75th birthday bass Alexander Malta.Not to forget our Leap Year birthdays and anniversaries:
Born on this day in 1792 composer Gioacchino Rossini.
On this day in 1836 Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots opened in Paris.Born on this day in 1916 singer Dinah Shore.Happy 85th birthday soprano Reri Grist.
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.
