On this day in 1962 soprano Régine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin.
On this day in 1962 soprano Régine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin. Also debuting: mezzo Hertha Töpper as Octavian and Lotte Lehmann as stage director.
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Happy 74th birthday mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKL1cqG8R4o
Photo: Louis Melançon
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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