On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris. And on various leap year days:
In 1836 Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris.
Birthday anniversaries of composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792) and songstress Dinah Shore (1916).Happy 87th 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.
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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.
