On this day in 2013 the world premiere of Nico Muhly‘s Two Boys took place at the Met
Birthday anniversaries of librettists Michel Carré (1822) and Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), composer Joseph Canteloube (1879), tenors John Alexander (1923) and Kenneth Collins (1935), and soprano Virginia Zeani(1925)
Born on this day bass and teacher Richard Crist
Happy birthday to parterre box‘s intrepid Publisher (and factotum) Nick Scholl!
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.
