On this day in 1978 tenor Rockwell Blake made his Met debut on tour in Minneapolis as Don Ottavio.
Birthday anniversaries of bass-baritones Hans Hermann Nissen (1893) and Erich Kunz (1909); baritone Chester Ludgin (1925) and director Nikolaus Lehnhoff (1939).This month in 1976, 17-year-old high school senior Aprile Millo performed the title role in Hello, Dolly, and she interpolated a high B-natural at the end of her big number, because of course she did.
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.
