On this day in 1876 the Bayreuth Festspielhaus opened with the first complete performance of the Ring
Birthday anniversaries of bass Maxim Dormidontovich Mikhaylov (1893),
tenors James Johnston (1903) and Francesco Albanese (1912),
and soprano Elizabeth Fretwell (1920)
Happy 84th (86th?) birthday mezzo-soprano Gertrude Jahn
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.
