Once on this island
On this day in 1976 Johanna Meier made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Ariadne.
On this day in 1992 soprano Deborah Polaski made her Met debut as Kundry.Born on this day in 1847 composer Francesco Paolo Tosti.Birthday anniversaries of tenor Julius Patzak (1898); singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson (1898); conductor Antal Dorati (1906); mezzo-soprano/contralto Cloe Elmo (1910) and bass-baritone Claudio Desderi (1943).
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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Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
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.
