Carnival knowledge
On this day in 1838 Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris.
On this day in 1868 Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles premiered in Paris.Happy 79th birthday baritone Thomas Allen.Happy 74th birthday soprano Francoise Pollet.Happy 66th birthday tenor and director Laurence Dale.Happy birthday to theater journalist Ryan McPhee.
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.
