L’esprit de l’escalier
On this day in 1875 the Palais Garnier was inaugurated in Paris.
On this day in 1977 soprano Edita Gruberova made her Met debut as the Queen of the Night.Born on this day opera directors Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky (1863) and Wieland Wagner (1917).
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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