On this day in 1875 the Palais Garnier was inaugurated in Paris
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Also on this day in 1977 soprano Edita Gruberova made her Met debut as the Queen of the Night.
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Other birthday anniversaries opera producer Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky (1863)
tenor Gaston Micheletti (1892)
and director Wieland Wagner (1917).
Happy 76th birthday tenor Robert Schunk
Happy 68th birthday soprano Katalin Farkas
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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