Born on this day in 1892 soprano Dame Eva Turner. Due to Our Own JJ’s illness earlier this week, La Cieca missed posting the following salutes:
On March 8, 1976, mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Octavian.
Born on March 9 in 1910 composer Samuel Barber; also born on this day in 1930 conductor Thomas Schippers.
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.
