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On this day in 1938 tenor Jussi Bjoerling made his Met debut as Rodolfo. Mafalda Favero also made her debut as Mimi.
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Maria Chiara.Birthday anniversaries of soprano Lilli Lehmann (1848). composer Scott Joplin (1868), baritone Marcos Redondo (1893), tenor René Maison (1895) and bass Norman Walker (1907).Happy Thanksgiving to US members of the cher public!
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.
