On This Day
On this day in 1913 Igor Stravinsky‘s Le Sacre du printemps premiered in Paris; a riot ensued
Born on this day in 1925 baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Born on this day in 1907 sopranos Lina Pagliughi…
Happy 86th birthday soprano Teresa Stratas
Born on this day in 1929 soprano and administrator Beverly Sills
On this day in 1966 Jerry Herman‘s Mame opened on Broadway
Happy 88th birthday soprano Ingeborg Hallstein
Born on this day in 1813 composer Richard Wagner
On this day in 1892 Leoncavallo‘s Pagliacci premiered in Milan
On this day in 1978, tenor Rockwell Blake made his Met debut on tour in Minneapolis as Don Ottavio
Born on this day in 1861 soprano Nellie Melba
Bassi Profondi Day
Happy 75th birthday bass Ferruccio Furlanetto
Baptized on this day in 1567 composer Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi
Born on this day in 1957 soprano Daniela Dessì
Born on this day in 1842 composer Arthur Sullivan
On this day in 1988 Carrie-The Musical opened on Broadway and closed after 5 performances
Happy 61st birthday soprano Nina Stemme
On this day in 1937 Stars Spangled Banner soprano Lucy Monroe made her only Metropolitan Opera performance as Musetta
Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter
Happy 77th birthday soprano Felicity Lott
On this day in 2017 the Metropolitan Opera celebrated 50 years at Lincoln Center
Born on this day in 1941 soprano Ghena Dimitrova
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
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.
