On this day, “the musical extravaganza that launches the ’80s” Can’t Stop the Music was released, or, depending on your point of view, escaped.
“Publicity can be terrible”
Born on this day in 1921 actress and singer Jane Russell.
Happy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore.On this day in 1868 Richard Wagner‘s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered in Munich.Birthday anniversaries of conductor Hermann Scherchen (1891), mezzo-soprano Larisa Avdeyeva (1925) and soprano Judith Raskin (1928).
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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.
