On This Day

Knight shift

On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. Ingrid Bjoner debuts as Elsa.

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Birthday anniversaries of tenors Fritz Wolff (1894), Giovanni Voyer (1901), and Warren Ellsworth (1951), composer Howard Hanson (1896), contralto Claramae Turner (1920), and conductor Kenneth Montgomery (1943)

Happy 79th birthday baritone Alan Titus
Happy 75th birthday soprano Ann Monoyios

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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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