On this day in 1907 Paul Dukas‘s rarity Ariane et Barbe Bleue premiered in Paris
Birthday anniversaries of composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697)
tenors Max Lorenz (1901), Richard Lewis (1914) and Hans Kaart (1920),
conductor Peter Maag (1919),designer Josef Svoboda (1920),
and soprano Judith Beckmann (1935)
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.
