On this day in 1868 Richard Wagner‘s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered in Munich
Birthday anniversaries of conductor Hermann Scherchen (1891),
mezzo-soprano Larisa Avdeyeva (1925),
and soprano Judith Raskin (1928)
Happy 77th birthday soprano Lucy Peacock
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.
