On this day in 1791 Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague.
Birthday anniversaries of composer Ferdinand Hummel (1855) and baritone John Charles Thomas (1891).Happy 63rd birthday soprano Cynthia Haymon.
September 7
I ain’t the sentimental kind
On this day in 1949 Mae West headlined a revival of her most famous play, Diamond Lil, which she first played more than 20 years earlier.
Happy 56th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.Happy 65th birthday Michael Feinstein.(La Cieca took the day off yesterday on Labor Day, so following are the high spots for September 6.)
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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.
