Happy 87th birthday tenor René Kollo
On this day in 1907 bass Fyodor Chaliapin made his Met debut as Boito‘s Mefistofele
Happy 76th birthday soprano Barbara Hendricks
Happy 74th birthday tenor Vinson Cole
Birthday anniversary of dancer Alexandra Danilova (1903)
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
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.
