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On this day in 1974 tenor José Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Cavaradossi.
Birthday anniversaries of dramatist and librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836), composer Amadeo Vives (1871), soprano Maria Ivogün (1891) and baritone Jess Walters (1908).Happy birthday to parterre box scribe Sylvia Korman!
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.
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.
