Kiss me and kill me
Born on this day in 1923 actress and singer Jane Kean.
On this day in 1996 tenor Roberto Alagna made his Met debut as Rodolfo.Happy 94th birthday tenor Luigi Alva.Birthday anniversaries of composer Eugen d’Albert (1864), conductor Victor De Sabata (1892) and director and administrator Herbert Graf (1904).
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.