On This Day

Knocking on heaven’s door

On this day in 1959 soprano Martina Arroyo made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo.

By WindyCityOperaman

March 14, 2023

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Robert Sabin in Musical America:

Miss Arroyo (after a muffled start) made the offstage voice sound really celestial.

On this day in 1885 W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London.

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Birthday anniversaries of composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), sopranos Sari Barabas (1918) and Rachel Mathes (1941) and tenor Loren Driscoll (1928).

Happy birthday to parterre box scribe Gabrielle Ferrari!

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.