“I’d rather dance than eat”
Born on this day in 1912 dancer Eleanor Powell.
On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bowed at the Metropolitan Opera leading and directing Die Walkure. Soprano Gundula Janowitz, bass Karl Ridderbusch and mezzo Gwendolyn Killebrew also made their debuts.Happy 56th birthday Björk.
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.
