On this day in 1961 the historic Metropolitan Opera debuts of Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli in Verdi‘s Il trovatore
Happy 76th birthday dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov
Birthday anniversaries of composers Edouard Lalo (1823) and Jerome Kern (1885),
baritone Hans Duhan (1890),
conductor Joseph Rosenstock (1895),
and soprano Ursula Schröder-Feinen (1936)
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.
