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On this day in 1993 Tiziana Fabbricini made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Violetta.
On this day in 1977 Alban Berg‘s Lulu premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in the as-yet incomplete 2 act version.Birthday anniversaries of composers Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844) and Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882), soprano Ofelia Nieto (1900) and basses John Maccurdy (1929) and Jules Bastin (1933).
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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.