“They’re all gonna laugh at you”
On this day in 1988 the musical Carrie opened on Broadway, to run five performances.
Birthday anniversaries of French composers Jules Massenet (1842) and Gabriel Fauré (1845).Born on this day in 1909 soprano/mezzo-soprano Margaret Harshaw.
WindyCityOperaman
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.
