On this day in 1831 Bellini‘s Norma premiered at La Scala
Born on this day mezzo-soprano Marion Telva (1897) and soprano Clara Ebers (1902)
Happy 89th birthday mezzo-soprano Viorica Cortez
Happy 87th birthday soprano Teresa Kubiak
Happy 86th birthday soprano Adriana Maliponte
Happy 84th birthday soprano Kay Griffel
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.
