Respect
In honor of Juneteenth, the Metropolitan Opera is extending its streaming of La forza del destino starring Leontyne Price for an additional 24 hours. The stream will remain available until Saturday afternoon.
Happy 84th birthday soprano Marisa Galvany.Born on this day composer Alfredo Catalani (1854) and soprano Anneliese Rothenberger (1924).
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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Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
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.
