…also born on this day in 1930 conductor Thomas Schippers
Operatic premieres: Verdi’s Nabucco premiered in Milan (1842), his Ernani in Venice (1844), Otto Nicolai’s Die lustige Weiber von Windsor in Berlin (1849) and Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet in Paris (1868).
Birthday anniversaries of librettist and composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839),
basses Nicola Zaccaria (1923) and Franz Crass (1928),
and tenor Sergej Larin (1956)
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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Ahead of a special boozy, bawdy Valentine’s Day concert, artistic director of Opera Lafayette Patrick Quigley speaks with soprano Maya Kherani about her journey from MIT to rising American Baroque star.
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.
Celebrate love in all its guises with tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs plus food, cocktails and wine.
