Happy 10th anniversary to The Dozen Divas Show.
Stellar Dalis
Born on this day in 1925 versatile mezzo-soprano Irene Dalis.
On this day in 1988 Dolora Zajick made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena.Birthday anniversaries of baritone Mack Harrell (1909), tenor Helmut Krebs (1913), baritone Manuel Ausensi (1919) and soprano Dorothy Dow (1920).
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.