Premieres of Thomas Arne‘s Artaxerxes in London (1762),
Rossini’s Semiramide in Venice (1823),
and Gustave Charpentier’s Louise in Paris (1900).
Birthday anniversaries of composer Leo Fall (1873),
baritone Gerhard Hüsch (1901),
soprano Lisa Della Casa (1919),
and tenor Waldemar Kmentt (1929).
Happy 80th birthday conductor Andrew Davis
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.
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.
