Born on this day in 1897 actress Hermione Gingold
Born on this day in 1895 mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia
Born on this day in 1915 soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
On this day in 1905 Richard Strauss’s Salome premiered in Dresden
On this day premiere of Glinka‘s Ruslan and Ludmilla in St Petersburg (1842)
Birthday anniversary of composer Joaquín Turina (1882)
and tenor Gilbert Py (1933)
Happy 70th birthday countertenor Christopher Robson
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.
