On this day in 1965 bass Nicolai Ghaiurov made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Méphistophélès
Birthday anniversaries of tenor Joseph Rogachevsky (1891), contralto Res Fischer (1896), conductors Alberto Erede (1908) and Lamberto Gardelli (1915), and bass and composer Jerome Hines (1921)
Happy 76th birthday soprano Elizabeth Gale
Photo: Margaret Marshall
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.
