On this day in 1862 Gounod‘s La Reine de Saba premieres in Paris
Birthday anniversary of soprano Sylvia Geszty (1934)
and basses Joseph Rouleau (1929) and Alexander Malta (1938)
Happy 97th birthday tenor Ragnar Ulfung
Ballet of the dolls
On this day in 1910 prima ballerina Anna Pavlova made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Coppélia (on a double bill with Werther!)
WindyCityOperaman
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.
