Haappy 74th birthdays directors Christopher Alden and David Alden.
Sacred flame
Left this world on this day 46 years ago in Paris.
On this day 57 years ago the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center.Birthday anniversaries of conductor Hans Swarowsky (1899) and contralto Herta Glaz (1908).
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.
