Born on this day in 1930 mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias
On this day in 1797 Luigi Cherubini’s Medée premiered in Paris
Birthday anniversaries of composer Hugo Wolf (1860),
conductor Fritz Busch (1890),
sopranos Maria Németh (1897) and Jennifer Vyvyan (1925),
mezzo-soprano Jane Rhodes (1929),
and baritone William B Murray (1935)
Happy 72nd birthday composer Wolfgang Rihm
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.
