On this day in 1984 bass Samuel Ramey—along with conductor Mario Bernardi and director Frank Corsaro—made their Metroplitan Opera debuts in Handel’s Rinaldo. On this day in 1853 Verdi’s Il Trovatore premiered in Rome, and in 1884 Massenet’s Manon premiered in Paris!
Happy 73rd birthday songstress and composer Dolly Parton.
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.
