On this day in 1725 Handel‘s Tamerlano premiered in London
On this day in 1862 Verdi‘s La forza del destino premiered in St Petersburg
Born on this day in 1883 conductor Ernest Ansermet (1883) and soprano Gertrude Grob-Prandl (1917)
Happy 81st birthday soprano Britt-Marie Aruhn
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.
