On this day in 1963 Cleopatra directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison premiered at New York’s Rivoli Theatre. On this day in 1917 Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina premiered in Munich.Born on this day in 1931 soprano Yevgeniya Miroshnichenko.Happy 85th birthday soprano Mimi Coertse.Happy 84th birthday director John Copley.
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Happy 65th birthday composer and conductor Oliver Knussen.
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.
