On This Day

Devil in the details

On this day in 1965 bass Nicolai Ghiaurov made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Méphistophélès

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Birthday anniversaries of tenor Joseph Rogachevsky (1891)
contralto Res Fischer (1896)
conductors Alberto Erede (1908) and
Lamberto Gardelli (1915)
bass and composer Jerome Hines (1921)
and soprano Ingrid Bjoner (1927)

Happy 75th birthday soprano Elizabeth Gale

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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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